Series

Flowers For Algernon

2002 · 1 season · Drama

Abandoned as a child by his mother, Hasumi Sachiyo, Fujishima Haru is a mentally challenged man that has grown up and worked at the Sakurai Bakery as a baker. Working with him at the bakery is the owner Sakurai Kyoko and Tashiro Miki, a girl who is also mentally challenged and is like a sister to Haru. At night, after the bakery is closed, Haru and Miki attend a night class with other mentally challenged adults. Their teacher at the class is Toya Erina who not only is their teacher but also their friend. One day, Erina is approached by her old friend Kobayashi Rumiko about a candidate in the research she is conducting with professor Tatabe Shinichiro and Tokunaga Atsushi that could possibly increase the intelligence of the mentally challenged. Reluctant at first, Erina changes her mind when she sees the resolve in Haru to become smarter so that his mother will come back for him. With the success of the surgery,

Yusuke Santamaria

Fujishima Haru

Miho Kanno

Toya Erina

Hisashi Yoshizawa

Takaoka Haruhiko

Tomoko Nakajima

Sakurai Kyoko

Kanako Enomoto

Tashiro Miki

Ayumi Ishida

Hasumi Sachiyo

• Renpei TsukamotoDirector
• Takehiko ShinjoDirector
• Yoshikazu OkadaWriter
• Tojo YujiProducer

First aired

October 9, 2002

Last aired

December 18, 2002

Status

Ended

Original language

Japanese

Episodes

11

Genres

Drama

• Season 111 episodes · 2002