Gokusen (2002)★ 7.4/10
- Comedy
- Drama
Directed by: Tōya Satō, Tarô Ohtani, Manami Yamashita
Written by: Kozueko Morimoto, Michiru Egashira, Yûko Matsuda, Rie Yokota
Gokusen is the story of Kumiko Yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, a fourth generation crime syndicate member. She's gone straight and wants to be a teacher though, but she's one you don't want to mess with.
- Original title
- Gokusen
- Storyline
- Gokusen is the story of recently graduated Kumiko Yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, and her life as a new high school teacher. Unlike the other new teachers at her school Kumiko gets placed with the toughest kids there. And has to deal with all their rebellious actions. However as time passes she gains her students respect by helping them out both in school and in their daily lives. Which is easy for her to do as her students remind her of her life at home, since she is a fourth generation crime syndicate member and next in line to head it up. She's gone straight and wants to be a teacher though, but she's one person in whose class you don't want to be caught fooling around.
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 2,237
- Companies
- Nippon Television Network (NTV), Amazon Prime Video, Asia Television Limited (ATV), Hong Kong Cable Television, Videoland Japan, Xing Kong
- Release dates
- PH April 1, 2002
- FR April 17, 2002
- JP January 15, 2005
- AU July 26, 2005
- BR January 31, 2021
- CA June 25, 2024
- US January 13, 2025
- DE May 31, 2026