[JAP] Gokusen 1

**rohit147** · #1 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 04:47 PM

Shot at 2007-08-07

Details

* Title: ごくせん
* Title (romaji): Gokusen
* Genre: Comedy, School
* Episodes: 12 + Special (Graduation)
* Viewership ratings: 17.43% (not including SP)
* Broadcast network: NTV
* Broadcast period: 2002-Apr-01 to 2002-July-03 and 2003-Mar-26 (SP)
* Air time: Tuesday 22:00
* Theme song: "Feel Your Breeze" by V6
* Related Drama: Gokusen 2

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Synopsis

Faito, oh!

The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen with hopes of making a difference in the students' lives. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) is in for a rude awakening when she finds that she will be the homeroom teacher of 3-D, the hardest class to maintain in the school. The students have multi-colored hair, sloppy uniforms, and show absolutely no respect to her. The leader of the class, Sawada Shin (Matsumoto Jun) is lazy but bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is very different from other teachers. The students try to bully her to make her quit, but their attempts don't get them very far.

What the class and the rest of the school does not know is that Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to the Ooedo Group, a notorious yakuza clan. Even though her family would like her to take the title of Ojou when her grandfather dies, they have accepted the fact that Yamaguchi would rather be a teacher.

Eventually, the students learn to respect their quirky teacher because of her devotion to them, and even give her a nickname: Yankumi.
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Cast

* Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Koumichou) (Math Teacher/Class 3D adviser)
* Matsumoto Jun as Sawada Shin
* Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro, Kyoto (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 (両國宏) as Sugawara Makoto
* Oguri Shun as "Uchi" / Uchiyama Haruhiko
* Waki Tomohiro as "Kuma" / Kumai Teruo
* Narimiya Hiroki as Noda Takeshi
* Ishigaki Yuma as Minami Youichi
* Itoh Misaki as Fujiyama Shizuka (English Teacher)
* Nakazawa Yuko as Kawashima Kikuno (School Nurse)
* Nabe Osami as Ando Osamu (Social Studies Teacher)
* Kohmoto Masahiro as Iwamoto Kouhei (P.E. Teacher)
* Ookuma Ichirou (大隈いちろう) as Oyama Hajime (Science Teacher)
* Tayama Ryosei as Shirakawa Gonzou (Principal)
* Saito Satoru as Washio Kanji (Japanese Language Teacher)
* Sawamura Ikki as Shinohara Tomoya (Police Officer)
* Sakata Tadashi (坂田聡) as Kashiwagi Yutaka (Police Officer)

credit: Gokusen - DramaWiki

**hirosawa** · #2 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 06:42 AM

i like this dorama. it's like GTO(Great Teacher Onizuka) but this is the female version.

**rohit147** · #3 (**permalink**) 08-08-2007, 07:26 AM

I do like this series as well because it has a lot of moral values at the same time the plot were ok and amusing a lot of times. I just don't like the fighting scene because it looks like fake.

**xiayi_52** · #4 (**permalink**) 29-08-2007, 07:26 AM

I was wary before I watched this series because I had recently watched GTO, but I really liked it. The main character, Yamaguchi-sensei, did get a little annoying at times, though.

**rewanon** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-09-2007, 10:15 AM

female version of GTO.........but still a very intresting series.........

**magikfaye** · #6 (**permalink**) 14-01-2008, 09:40 PM

I love Gokusen, I even started reading the manga after watching Gokusen, but the anime was boring. If it wasn't for GTO, I would say Gokusen was the best school-related comedy.