Liaison: Children's Heart Clinic
Liaison: Children's Heart Clinic (Japanese: リエゾン－こどものこころ診療所－) is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TV Asahi from January 20 to March 10, 2023. The series consists of eight episodes and was broadcast in the Friday 23:15–00:15 time slot.
Background and Production
The drama is based on the manga series Liaison: Kodomo no Kokoro Shinryojo, written by Yusaku Takemura and illustrated by Yonchan. The manga began serialization in the magazine Morning on March 5, 2020. The television adaptation was directed by Yuki Saito, Takashi Komatsu, and Hajime Takezono, with screenplays by Noriko Yoshida and Nishioka to Neil.
Plot
The story follows Taku Sayama, a psychiatrist who operates the Sayama Children's Clinic. Despite his family's background in general medicine, Sayama chooses to focus on child psychiatry at a small suburban clinic previously managed by his aunt. Sayama himself lives with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which informs his empathetic approach to his patients. He is joined by Shiho Toono, a medical intern who struggles with her own diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). After facing difficulties in a university hospital setting, Toono finds a supportive environment under Sayama's mentorship.
Cast
- Ikusaburo Yamazaki as Taku Sayama
- Honoka Matsumoto as Shiho Toono
- Mirai Shida as Rin Hori
- Junki Tozuka as Masaki Kawashima
- Hitomi Korenaga as Nagisa Ichikawa
- Jun Fubuki as Rie Sayama
- Chiaki Kuriyama as Kazuki Mukaiyama
