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Gokusen (2002)

Comedy · Drama

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.

IMDb rating
7.4 (2,213 votes)
Seasons
3
Streaming (US)
Netflix · Amazon Prime Video
Language
JA
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2002)

8.20 avg 12 episodes 8.6 → 8.5

Ep 1: 8.6 · 70 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 36 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 32 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 30 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 27 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 26 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 24 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 23 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 21 votesEp 10: 8.1 · 19 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 19 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 27 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Nekketsu sensei Ô abare!!8.670
2Tomodachi mi suten na yo!!8.036
3Mita me de kimen na!!8.432
4Shippai shita ra yarinaose8.330
5Kenka to bôryoku wa chigau8.327
6Ijime ni maken na!!8.026
7Jibun no ko wo shinjiro!!8.224
8Anta wa haha oya daro!!8.223
9Hito no sei ni sun na!!7.721
10Watashi wa seito wo shinjiru!!8.119
11Omaera hitori ja nai8.119
12Sayonara yankumi8.527

Season 2 (2005)

7.96 avg 10 episodes 7.5 → 8.2

Ep 1: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 13 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 13 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 13 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 12 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 12 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 14 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #2.17.517
2Episode #2.27.514
3Episode #2.37.513
4Episode #2.48.413
5Episode #2.58.013
6Episode #2.68.113
7Episode #2.78.012
8Episode #2.88.212
9Episode #2.98.212
10Episode #2.108.214

Season 3 (2008)

8.20 avg 11 episodes 8.5 → 8.3

Ep 1: 8.5 · 14 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 11 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 12 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 12 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 11 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 11 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 12 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 15 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Ano Yankumi ga kaettekita densetsu no gakuen dorama tsuini fukkatsu!8.514
2Omaera wa kyô kara nakamada! !8.112
3Itsu datte yarinaoseru! !7.911
4Ane to otôto namida no kizuna! !8.311
5Hitori de ikite kita to omou na8.111
6Hatsukoi... taisetsunahito o mamori nuke8.512
7Jibun ni ii wake sun na! !8.112
8Tsuyokunare! ! Atarashii inochi no tanjô8.611
9Nakama wa isshô mon no takarada! !7.911
10Shiawase wa jibun no te de tsukame! !7.912
11Yankumi saigo no namida no sakebi... inochiwotaisetsuni shiro! !8.315

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