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• Actors: Ayase Haruka, Koide Keisuke, Aso Yumi, Nakatani Miki, Kiritani Kenta Osawa Takao
• Subtitles: English, Chinese
• Region: All Regions
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0032MYO82
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,908 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Synopsis: The story follows a brain surgeon named, Minakata Jin, who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period. He is soon attacked by a samurai, but he escapes with the help of a man named Kyotaro. Kyotaro suffers a serious injury to the head while trying to protect him, but Jin manages to save his life despite a lack of proper medical equipment. Because of that, Kyotaro's sister Saki begins taking an interest in Jin and becomes his assistant. Meanwhile, Jin is determined to find a way back to the present. Language : Japanese Subtitle : Chinese / English Video Format : NTSC Region Code : ALL Model : DVD9 Discs : 2

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Show is great; dubbing not so great., July 12, 2010

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This review is from: 2009 Japanese Drama : Jin w/ Eng Sub (DVD)

This drama is well cast, well written, well acted. My family and I really enjoyed the first 3 discs. No problems, English dubbing was pretty good. Then we got started on disc 4 and the first episode would not play...so we skipped it. I had previously seen that particular episode on TV while in Hawaii. But then, when we got to the last disc and arguably most climactic one, the English dubbing was absolutely terrible. It seemed to be Chinese-English dubbing. The characters were being called by Chinese names and the grammar was what you'd expect from someone whose first language is not English. It was incoherent, shes were referred to as hes. Ugh. I wish I would have known that there was trouble with the dubbing before I bought it. Truly disappointing and it's too bad because this is a really terrific family show.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JIN, July 2, 2010

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This review is from: 2009 Japanese Drama : Jin w/ Eng Sub (DVD)

A new TV series, this is a great deal like Dr. Quinn medicine woman. A brain surgeon finds himself transported back into the past and must deal with cultural superstitions and folk medicine in his quest to heal. It's absolutely amazing how many times he finds himself in situations where he needs to open up someone's brain.
The doctor is also suffering from hero martyr complex, having accidentally permanently injured his fiance in a surgery meant to save her life. In the present he can't operate any more, but in the past he is forced to cope and thrive as a doctor once again. Fate and/or perhaps the spirit of his near dead GF have forced him into a situation where he needs to get his life back. Why he is there is never explained, but he meets his Fiance's ancestor and struggles to not have an affair with her and spends all his time fretting he is somehow harming her future with his meddling.
This is an extremely engaging show. The one and only complaint I have is the production company COMPLETELY dropped the ball on the English translations. All of the episodes are beautifully fan subbed except for the last episode. The free fan sub obviously wasn't ready, so the production company who can't speak a word of English translated the dialog through google or something. The translation on the last episode is laughable. It is COMPLETE gibberish. Not one word of understandable dialog. It's so bad it should win an award. All the names are changed and you would get more information about the episode by picking up any book off your coffee table and reading it along as you watched. This is BAD, since the final episode is so marvelous and moving. Luckily, you can find the fan subbed last episode on [...]

Buy the DVD, and watch the final episode on the internet first so you know what is happening. It's worth the aggravation, it's a wonderful show!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK Movie, Bad subtitles, March 1, 2011

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Ogi (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 2009 Japanese Drama : Jin w/ Eng Sub (DVD)

- bad editing especially towards the end.
- many unnecessary plots that confuses the storyline.
- last chapter has very bad English subtitles. Translation (from Japanese to English) is very inaccurate and even the characters' names are completely changed from Japanese to Chinese.