Gokusen (2005)

Title: ごくせん / Gokusen
Genre: Comedy, School
Episodes: 10 + 1 Special
Broadcast network: NTV
Viewership rating: 27.8 (not including SP)
Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-15 to 2005-Mar-19
* SP: 2005-Oct-08
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Directors: Sato Toya, Otani Taro, Takahashi Naoharu
Screenwriters: Egashira Michiru, Yokota Rie, Matsuda Yuuko
Theme song: D-51 - No More Cry
Insert song: 亀梨和也 (Kamenashi Kazuya) - 絆 (Kizuna)

Synopsis: A few years passed since Yamaguchi left Shirokin Gakuen which closed after some time. Everything has been difficult for Yankumi the following years for her new students are little kids that doesn't suit her way of teaching. Change is on the horizon when a bad hair day came but with a little twist became okay. Mr. Sawatari Goro, Shirokin's vice Principal is in need of teacher in the school he is teaching. But not just ordinary teacher... he specifically need Yankumi! The school is Kurogin Gakuen. When she arrived in the school she was really happy till she knew that she is to handle another bunch of 3-D but this time meaner and more violent! As usual, she has to hide her background or else she'll lose her job. She does her best to be nice to every student but it seemed that it'll be harder for the students are worst than the word worst. How will she face them? Is it a new challenge?

Cast:
* Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumicho) (Math Teacher)
* Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro (School Vice Principal)
* Utsui Ken as Kuroda Ryuichiro (Kumiko's grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
* Anan Kenji as Wakamatsu Hiro
* Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
* Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
* Ryogoku Hiroshi as Sugawara Makoto
* Kamenashi Kazuya as Odagiri Ryu
* Akanishi Jin as Yabuki Hayato
* Hayami Mokomichi as Tsuchiya Hikaru
* Koike Teppei as Takeda Keita
* Koide Keisuke as Hyuuga Kosuke
* Otoha as Shiratori Hitomi (English Teacher)
* Sakai Toshiya as Inuzaka Taichi (Japanese Language Teacher)
* Moto Fuyuki as Kameyama Takashi (Ethics Teacher)
* Magii as Inomata Shinji (Chemistry Teacher)
* Ikeda Yukiko as Wanibuchi Sayuri (Music Teacher)
* Azuma Mikihisa as Baba Seiga (PE Teacher)
* Inoue Jun as Kurokawa Ginji (Chairman of Kurogin High School)
* Tanihara Shosuke as Kujo Takuma (Teacher in Momo Girls High School)
* Waki Tomohiro as "Kuma" / Kumai Teruo (Former student of Yankumi)

Class 3D
* Kawamura Yosuke as Akiyama Yosuke
* Mizutani Momosuke as Omori Momosuke
* Sato Yuki as Kojima Yuki
* Sato Yusuke as Sakaguchi Yusuke
* Sato Takeshi (佐藤タケシ) as Sasaki Takeshi
* Tanaka Suzunosuke (田中鈴之助) as Takayama Suzunosuke
* Nakauchi Hiroyuki (中内啓行) as Nagata Hiroyuki
* Watanabe Ryuuhei as Hashimoto Ryuhei
* Takahashi Toshio (高橋疾士) as Fujinami Toshio
* Ishizaka Shinnosuke (石坂慎之介) as Hoshino Shinnosuke
* Mizushima Hiro as Misawa Hiro
* Shibata Masashi as Okuma Masashi
* Nakamura Yuichi as Kawata Yuichi
* Ojima Naoya as Kohashi Naoya
* Tomikawa Kazuhito as Sakuraba Kazuhito
* Okubayashi Gensui (奥林源水) as Takada Gensui
* Kuranuki Masahiro as Tamura Masahiro
* Okamoto Masaru (岡本勝) as Nakamura Masaru
* Sugiura Takumi (杉浦匠) as Hamaguchi Takumi
* Kora Kengo as Funaki Kengo
* Kei as Maeda Kei
* Miura Ryosuke as Muto Ryosuke

Guests
* Imai Yuki as Daisuke (ep1)
* Kasahara Hideyuki as the gang leader from Ara High (ep2)
* Kobayashi Katsuya as Kudo (Former student of Kurogin, ep3&10)
* Takasugi Ko as Onijima (Police Officer, ep3&10)
* Yamazaki Hajime as Ishikawa (Tsuchiya's former Junior High Teacher, ep4)
* Akimoto Miri as Miyazaki Nao (Junior high student, ep4)
* Wakatsuki Chinatsu as Mizushima Maki (Momo Girls High School, ep5)
* Takasugi Mizuho as Okudera (Sokei University, ep5)
* Tezuka Satomi as Hyuuga Haruyo (Hyuuga Kosuke's mother, ep6)
* Ogi Shigemitsu as Tatsumi (Gambling bar owner, ep6)
* Namioka Kazuki as Tanabe (ep7)
* Ogawa Naoya (小川直也) as Tanabe (Tadoroki High School, ep7)
* Naitou Takashi as Yabuki Hirofumi (Hayato's father, ep8)
* Ishiguro Hideo as Yabuki Taku (Hayato's brother, ep8)
* Sunaga Chie (須永千重) as Kumai Masako (Kuma's mother, ep8)
* Uemura Miki (植村美紀) as Kumai Aya (Kuma's younger sister, ep8)
* Ogawa Tomonaga (小川智永) as Kumai Haruo (Kuma's younger brother, ep8)
* Takuma Shin as Odagiri Shinya (Odagiri Ryu's father, ep9)
* Nagano Satomi as Odagiri Yuriko (Odagiri Ryu's mother, ep9)
* Sakata Tadashi as Kashiwagi Yutaka (Police Officer from Gokusen, only his picture in ep9)


Episode Titles:
01. Highschool is a once in a lifetime experience, do not waste it! ...That zealous teacher has returned!
02. A person's power is not decided by his physical strength, there's a much more important thing within.
03. You guys are my one-and-only students!! How can I desert you?
04. Don't compare your life with someone else's!
05. What's important is the strength of your heart!!
06. Think more about your parents' feelings!!
07. Think seriously about your life
08. I will always be your teacher
09. Father and son's bond of tears
10. Be proud to graduate!! Yankumi and Class 3-D, tearful goodbye

Recognitions:
* 44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
* 44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress (Nakama Yukie)
* 44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Kamenashi Kazuya)


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