Black Pean: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Seishiro Tokai 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.

Series details

• Title: Black Pean
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Medical
• Premiere date: 2018-04-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2024-09-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 49 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 39386
• TVDB ID: 345770

Cast and credited roles

• Kazunari Ninomiya — Seishiro Tokai
• Ryoma Takeuchi — Masashi Sera
• Wakana Aoi — Miwa Hanabusa
• Seiyo Uchino — Seigo Saeki
• Kotaro Koizumi — Gonta Takashina
• Ennosuke Ichikawa — Keisuke Nishizaki
• Ayako Kato — Kaori Kinoshita
• Mitsuko Baisho — Harue Tokai
• Shuri — Mari Nekota

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-04-22; final listed air date 2018-06-24; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2024-07-07; final listed air date 2024-09-15.

Source and licence

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