Gokusen

From AsianWiki

Jump to: navigation, search

User Rating

Current user rating: 94/100 (212 votes)

You need to enable JavaScript to vote

Profile

TV Show Gokusen
Romaji: Gokusen
Japanese: ごくせん　（第１期）
Director: Toya Sato, Taro Otani
Writer: Michiru Egashira, Rie Yokota, Kozueko Morimoto (manga)
Network: NTV
Episode: 12 + 1 SP.
Release Date: April 2 - July 3, 2002
Runtime: 22:00-22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Newly graduate Yamaguchi Kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered Shirokin High to be a math teacher. Having high hopes for her students, her world turned up side down when she finds out that she'll be teaching the class 3-D the hardest class to take care of. Class 3-D is a bunch of students who looks more like delinquents and trouble makers. The students show no respect to teachers nor a little kindness. Each and every student doesn't like teacher for almost everyone has no good memories of them. The leader of the class is Sawada Shin. He is well respected for there are rumors that he beat a teacher to death. The students try there hardest to bully and make fun of her so she'll quit but all there efforts went to waste because Yamaguchi ain't an ordinary Teacher. Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to Oedo group, a yakuza clan. Even though everyone in there clan wants her to the next leader, she made up her mind and so everyone accepted it. Eventually in the story, the students found out that she is different from other teacher and earned their respects. They called her Yankumi...

ep. 1-12 Plot Synopsis

Notes

Based on the manga series "Gokusen" by Kozueko Morimoto.
Related Titles:
1. Gokusen (NTV / 2002)
2. Gokusen 2 (NTV / 2005)
3. Gokusen 3 (NTV / 2008)
4. Gokusen Graduation Special '09 (NTV / 2009)
5. Gokusen: The Movie (2009)

Cast

Yukie Nakama - Kumiko Yamaguchi
Yuma Ishigaki - Yoichi Minami
Misaki Ito - Shizuka Fujiyama
Jun Matsumoto - Sawada Shin
Kenichi Matsuyama - Kenichi Mori
Yuko Nakazawa - Kikuno Kawashima
Katsuhisa Namase - Goro Sawatari
Shinji Uchiyama - Minoru Tatsukawa
Hiroki Narimiya - Takeshi Noda
Shun Oguri - Uchiyama Haruhiko
Suzuka Ohgo - Young Kumiko Yamaguchi
Ikki Sawamura - Tomoya Shinohara
Ken Kaneko - Tetsu Asakura
Ken Utsui - Ryuichiro Kuroda
Tomohiro Waki - Teruo Kumai
Eiji Wentz - Masato Yuuki
Hiroshi Ryogoku - Makoto Sugawara
Yusuke Kamiji - Yusuke Oishi
Kenji Anan - Hiro Wakamatsu
Ryuji Sainei - Ryuji Sengoku
Masayuki Izumi - Masayuki Ochi
Ryoji Morimoto - Ryoji Horibe
Eiki Kitamura - Eiki Shimazu
Masahiro Komoto
Yoko Oshima - ep.3
Yoshiko Inoue - ep.3
Mayumi Asaka - ep.3,7
Atsumi Ishihara - ep.5
Kento Handa - ep.5
Kei Tanaka - Ono (ep.10)
Tadashi Sakata

Comments

Comment #6
Laine Says:
Mar 02 2012 6:40 am

Yankumi sensei is the reason why i love Jdorama so much!

Gokusen rules! :)

hope to watch more series of Yukie san! I love her! <3
Comment #5
sex toys Says:
Jan 14 2012 2:02 am

Heya i?m for the first time here. I came across this board and I to find It really useful & it helped me out a lot. I'm hoping to present one thing again and help others such as you aided me.
Comment #4
nerissa Says:
Mar 02 2011 4:40 am

i love this japanese drama..

especially jun matsumoto he's cute..:)
Comment #3
doramadaisuki Says:
Aug 23 2010 3:05 am

The best of all series!
Comment #2
sassygirl989 Says:
Aug 12 2010 5:37 am

one of the best japanese dramas i've ever watched.! all the actors and actresses especially Nakama Yukie and Jun Matsumoto are great!!!! :) I JUST LOVE IT! Shinkumi FTW~! <3
Comment #1
Kamenashi Shinichi Says:
Dec 25 2009 12:13 am

i love this film ... include shun oguri ... ^^