DetailsTitle: ごくせん
Title (romaji): Gokusen
Genre: Comedy, School
Broadcast network: NTV
Episodes: 10 + 1 Special
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
Theme song: No More Cry by D-51
Insert song: Kizuna by Kamenashi Kazuya
SynopsisHalf a year has passed and Shirokin Gakuen has closed down. Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) finds herself a teacher of a few young kids who don't really benefit much from her style of teaching. Through some twist of fate, she is offered a job as a teacher in Kurogin Gakuen.
She becomes the teacher of a delinquent 3D class which make her previous students look like angels. In order to protect her job, she must again hide her true identity — the fact that she is the 4th generation of the Oedo Family, a prominent yakuza group.
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)
Production CreditsOriginal writing (manga): Gokusen by Morimoto Kozueko (森本梢子)
Screenwriter: Egashira Michiru, Yokota Rie, Matsuda Yuuko (松田裕子)
Producer: Kato Masatoshi
Director: Sato Toya, Otani Taro, Takahashi Naoharu (高橋直治)
Music: Oshima Michiru
Episode InformationEpisode | Subtitle (English) | Rating |
01 | Highschool is a once in a lifetime experience, do not waste it! ...That zealous teacher has returned! | 26.5% |
02 | A person's power is not decided by his physical strength, there's a much more important thing within. | 26.9% |
03 | You guys are my one-and-only students!! How can I desert you? | 27.0% |
04 | Don't compare your life with someone else's! | 25.3% |
05 | What's important is the strength of your heart!! | 27.1% |
06 | Think more about your parents' feelings!! | 27.3% |
07 | Think seriously about your life | 27.4% |
08 | I will always be your teacher | 30.0% |
09 | Father and son's bond of tears | 28.2% |
10 | Be proud to graduate!! Yankumi and Class 3-D, tearful goodbye | 32.5% |
SP | | 25.1% |
Recognitions44th 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)
**Anyone start their KAT-TUN fandom with Gokusen???