Flowers for Algernon (2015)
Flowers for Algernon is a 2015 Japanese-language drama series. It stars Tomohisa Yamashita, Chiaki Kuriyama and Masataka Kubota.
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.
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What is Flowers for Algernon about?
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.
When was Flowers for Algernon released?
Flowers for Algernon was released on 10 April 2015.
How many episodes does Flowers for Algernon have?
Flowers for Algernon has 10 episodes across 1 seasons.
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
- Katsuya as Dai Shikanai
- Goki Maeda as Yuki Kanda
- Yoshiki Saito as Kosuke Hata
- Issei Ishida as Hisato Shirotori