Series synopsis
Flowers for Algernon, also known as アルジャーノンに花束を is a Japanese drama sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TBS on April 10, 2015. It ended on June 12, 2015. It stars Tomohisa Yamashita, Chiaki Kuriyama, Masataka Kubota and Asuka Kudo.
Shiratori Sakuto is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth. One day, he and a colleague, Yanagawa Ryuichi, delivers a rose bouquet to the apartment building where Mochizuki Haruka lives. Because Haruka does not know that the deliveryman is mentally challenged, she is shocked by his response and tries to call the police. Haruka works for a brain physiology research centre where P ...
Premise
Shiratori Sakuto is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth. One day, he and a colleague, Yanagawa Ryuichi, delivers a rose bouquet to the apartment building where Mochizuki Haruka lives. Because Haruka does not know that the deliveryman is mentally challenged, she is shocked by his response and tries to call the police. Haruka works for a brain physiology research centre where Professor Hachisuka Daigo has been studying the improvement of mental performance. He has succeeded in lab experiments on a white mouse called Algernon. Sakuto is transformed into a genius through surgery. But Algernon's new intelligence begins to fade, and he dies. Sakuto realises that his genius, too, is destined to leave him.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomohisa Yamashita as Sakito Shiratori
- Chiaki Kuriyama as Haruka Mochizuki
- Masataka Kubota as Ryuichi Yanagawa
- Asuka Kudo as Kosuke Hiyama
- Fuma Kikuchi as Kazushige Kokubo
- Mitsuki Tanimura as Rio Kawaguchi
- Aya Omasa as Mai Koide
- Gamon Kaai as Shiro Sugino
Supporting cast
- Katsuya as Dai Shikanai
- Goki Maeda as Yuki Kanda
- Yoshiki Saito as Kosuke Hata
- Issei Ishida as Hisato Shirotori
- Tamiyo Kusakari as Madoka Shirotori
- Takeo Nakahara as Reiji Kawaguchi
- Masato Hagiwara as Junichiro Takebe
- Kanji Ishimaru as Daigo Hachisuka
Guest cast
- Marie Iitoyo as Shiratori Karen
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | April 10, 2015 | June 12, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | April 10, 2015 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | April 17, 2015 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | April 24, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 10, 2015 |
| Last aired | June 12, 2015 |
| Runtime | 48 minutes |
| Status | ended |