Gokusen

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2002-04-17

Last Air Date: 2008-06-28

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 33

Created By: Kozueko Morimoto

Networks: Nippon TV

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Top Cast

Yukie Nakama as Kumiko Yamaguchi
Katsuhisa Namase as Goro Sawatari
Kenji Anan as Hiro Wakamatsu
Ken Kaneko as Tetsu Asakura
Ken Utsui as Ryuichiro Kuroda
Shinji Uchiyama as Minoru Tatsukawa
Hiroshi Ryogoku as Hiroshi Ryogoku
Mikihisa Azuma as Seiga Baba
Tadashi Sakata as Yutaka Kashiwagi
Jun Matsumoto as Shin Sawada

Seasons

Specials (2003) - (3 Episodes)

Season 1 (2002) - (12 Episodes)

Season 2 (2005) - (10 Episodes)

Season 3 (2008) - (11 Episodes)

Specials (2003)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Gokusen Special: Goodbye Class 3D ~ Yankumi's Tearful Graduation (2003-03-26)

Yankumi's students finally enter their graduation. But before that happens, the students prepare for a trip, having to be very cautious that they don't get into trouble or the students may be expelled and Yakumi may be fired. Yankumi, Kawashima and Shizuka also go on a trip. Turns out that the students and Yankumi went to the same onsen.
Ep. 2: Gokusen Special 2 (2005-10-08)

Yamaguchi reunites with her students after the end of season 2.
Ep. 3: Graduation Special '09 - Yankumi's Last Graduation! (2009-03-28)

No overview for this episode.