The Queen's Classroom (2005)

Name: The Queen's Classroom
Genre: Drama
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Yuki Amami, Mirai Shida, Kaho, Michiko Hada, Mayuko Fukuda

Drama

Maya Akutsu, a new teacher at Hanzaki Elementary School who strives for perfection and punishes her students in unorthodox manners. A 12 year old student, Kazumi Kanda, has been able to withstand her strange punishments so far but the other 23 students begin to fold under the pressure.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (493 votes)
Episode average: 8.3 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 1
Streaming (US): Netflix
Language: JA
Type: Mini-series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2005)

8.28 avg 11 episodes 7.9 → 9.2 54 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	7.9	15
2	Episode #1.2	8.1	11
3	Episode #1.3	8.2	10
4	Episode #1.4	8.8	10
5	Episode #1.5	8.4	10
6	Episode #1.6	8.5	10
7	Episode #1.7	8.2	10
8	Episode #1.8	8.2	10
9	Episode #1.9	7.3	11
10	Episode #1.10	8.3	11
11	Episode #1.11	9.2	12