based on novel or book,friendship,slice of life,tragic past,tearjerker,mental health,child abandonment,intellectual disability,medical drama,mother son relationship,brother sister relationship,medical,disabled male lead

Flowers for Algernon (2015)

Poster for Flowers for Algernon

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 & Crew

Director
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    Sakito Shiratori Tomohisa Yamashita
  • Profile picture of Chiaki Kuriyama
    Haruka Mochizuki Chiaki Kuriyama
  • Profile picture of Masataka Kubota
    Ryuichi Yanagawa Masataka Kubota
  • Profile picture of Asuka Kudo
    Kosuke Hiyama Asuka Kudo
  • Profile picture of Fuma Kikuchi
    Kazushige Kokubo Fuma Kikuchi
  • Profile picture of Mitsuki Tanimura
    Rio Kawaguchi Mitsuki Tanimura
  • Profile picture of Aya Omasa
    Mai Koide Aya Omasa
  • Profile picture of Gamon Kaai
    Shiro Sugino Gamon Kaai
Poster for Season 1

Season 1

2015

10 episodes

Season 1 of Flowers for Algernon premiered on April 10, 2015

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • friendship
  • slice of life
  • tragic past
  • tearjerker
  • mental health
  • child abandonment
  • intellectual disability
  • medical drama
  • mother son relationship
  • brother sister relationship
  • medical
  • disabled male lead