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 (2,155 votes)
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2002)

8.22 avg 12 episodes 8.6 → 8.5

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Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nekketsu sensei Ô abare!!	8.6	67
2	Tomodachi mi suten na yo!!	8.1	35
3	Mita me de kimen na!!	8.4	30
4	Shippai shita ra yarinaose	8.4	29
5	Kenka to bôryoku wa chigau	8.3	27
6	Ijime ni maken na!!	8.0	25
7	Jibun no ko wo shinjiro!!	8.3	23
8	Anta wa haha oya daro!!	8.1	21
9	Hito no sei ni sun na!!	7.7	19
10	Watashi wa seito wo shinjiru!!	8.1	19
11	Omaera hitori ja nai	8.1	19
12	Sayonara yankumi	8.5	25

Season 2 (2005)

7.96 avg 10 episodes 7.5 → 8.2

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #2.1	7.5	17
2	Episode #2.2	7.5	14
3	Episode #2.3	7.5	13
4	Episode #2.4	8.4	13
5	Episode #2.5	8.0	13
6	Episode #2.6	8.1	13
7	Episode #2.7	8.0	12
8	Episode #2.8	8.2	12
9	Episode #2.9	8.2	12
10	Episode #2.10	8.2	14

Season 3 (2008)

8.21 avg 11 episodes 8.5 → 8.3

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ano Yankumi ga kaettekita densetsu no gakuen dorama tsuini fukkatsu!	8.5	14
2	Omaera wa kyô kara nakamada! !	8.0	10
3	Itsu datte yarinaoseru! !	8.0	10
4	Ane to otôto namida no kizuna! !	8.4	10
5	Hitori de ikite kita to omou na	8.2	10
6	Hatsukoi... taisetsunahito o mamori nuke	8.5	10
7	Jibun ni ii wake sun na! !	7.9	10
8	Tsuyokunare! ! Atarashii inochi no tanjô	8.6	10
9	Nakama wa isshô mon no takarada! !	8.0	10
10	Shiawase wa jibun no te de tsukame! !	7.9	11
11	Yankumi saigo no namida no sakebi... inochiwotaisetsuni shiro! !	8.3	14

Gokusen (2002)

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