Black Pean

Details

 * Title: ブラックペアン
 * Title (English): Black Pean
 * Also known as: Black Forceps
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Medical
 * Episodes: 10
 * Viewership ratings: 14.21%
 * Broadcast network: TBS
 * Broadcast period: 2018-Apr-22 to 2018-Jun-24
 * Air time: Sunday 21:00
 * Theme song: Kono Michi wo by Oda Kazumasa

Synopsis
Tokai Seishiro is a surgical genius whose perfect operational success rate has earned him the moniker, “The Demon of O.R.” at the Tojo University Hospital, a name that also points to his overbearing and solitary personality. He is countered by a rookie physician, Takashina Gonta, who comes to the hospital from a different medical university advocating hard for cutting edge medical technology that promises to render individual differences in surgical skill obsolete and level the playing field among surgeons. Naturally, a battle brews Takashina and Tokai who is adverse to the idea of machines taking over surgical procedures, particularly with regard to cardiac surgery. Tokai also confronts a powerful university hospital system that is rife with jealousies and political intrigue, and seeks to expose a hidden past and new technology corruption scandal. -- TBS

Cast

 * Ninomiya Kazunari as Tokai Seishiro
 * Takeuchi Ryoma as Sera Masashi
 * Aoi Wakana as Hanabuki Miwa
 * Hashimoto Satoshi as Kurosaki Seiichiro
 * Kanno Misuzu as Fujiwara Makoto
 * Shuri as Nekota Mari
 * Uchimura Haruka (内村遥) as Kakitani Yuushi
 * Konno Hiroki as Sekikawa Fuminori
 * Okada Kohki as Yokoyama Tadashi
 * Morita Kanro (森田甘路) as Taguchi Kouhei
 * Yamada Yusuke as Hayami Kouichi
 * Okazaki Sae as Shimazu Touko
 * Matsukawa Naruki as Kitajima Tatsuya
 * Mizutani Kaho (水谷果穂) as Miyamoto Ayumi
 * Hara Anna (原アンナ) as Arai Mio
 * Maru Itta (丸一太) as Shinohara Kennichi
 * Shibue Joji as Fukumoto Masato
 * Shigaki Taro as Moriya Nobuaki


 * Tsuji Kazunaga (辻萬長) as Tokai Ichirou
 * Baisho Mitsuko as Tokai Harue
 * Kato Ayako (加藤綾子) as Kinoshita Kaori


 * Kato Koji as Ikenaga Hideto
 * Ichikawa Kamejiro as Nishizaki Keisuke
 * Koizumi Kotaro as Takashina Gonta
 * Uchino Seiyo as Saeki Seigou

Guests

 * Yamamura Momiji as Minagawa Taeko (ep1)
 * Sawamatsu Naoko (沢松奈生子) as Koyama Yoshie (ep2)
 * Shimada Youshichi (島田洋七) as Koyama Kaneto (ep2)
 * Tasaki Shinya (田崎真也) as Kusunoki Hideo (ep3)
 * Kochi Yugo as Tamura Hayato (ep3)
 * Yoda Tsukasa (依田司) as Tamura Kouji (ep3)
 * Tanaka Masami (田中雅美) as Shimano Naho (ep4,5)
 * Inagaki Kurumi as Shimano Koharu (ep4,5)
 * Otoo Takuma as Matsuoka Jin (ep5)
 * Fukuzawa Akira (福澤朗) as Tomizawa Masayuki (ep5)
 * Aibu Saki as Yamamoto Shoko (ep7)

Production Credits

 * Original writing Black Pean 1988 by Kaido Takeru (海堂尊)
 * Screenwriter: Ushio Kentaro (丑尾健太郎)
 * Producer: Iyoda Hidenori, Kawashima Ryutaro, Tawada Yutaka (峠田浩)
 * Music: Kimura Hideakira

Recognitions

 * 22nd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-Jun 2018): Best Drama
 * 22nd Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-Jun 2018): Best Actor - Ninomiya Kazunari