Gokusen


Gokusen is a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, an SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.
In 2002, the manga was adapted into a television drama with Yukie Nakama in the title role. A second series was produced in 2005. The third season of the series was aired as Nippon Television's 55th Anniversary Program in 2008.
An animated adaptation by Madhouse covering 7 volumes of the manga ran on Nippon Television from January 6, 2004 to March 30, 2004.
A movie as part of the drama series was released in Japanese theaters on July 11, 2009.

Plot

The plot revolves Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss, Kuroda of the Kuroda Ikka. Her parents died when she was at the age of seven, and her grandfather had no other descendants, so Kumiko is next in line to head the family business with the title of Ojou. However, her lifelong dream has been to become a teacher. While her grandfather approves of her choice, others in the family want her to become the next boss.
Kumiko becomes home teacher of class 4-2 in mathematics at an all-boys private high school where she is known as Yankumi. Her class is full of delinquents, but she tries her hardest to teach them not just academicly, but about lessons of life. Though she's forced to keep her family a secret from the public, her Yakuza upbringing gives her the strength and the experience to reach out to her students, while also providing comedic situations.

Characters

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Shirokin High School

; Shin Sawada
; Youichi Minami
; Haruhiko "Uchi" Uchiyama
; Teruo "Kuma" Kumai
; Takeshi Noda
; Shizuka Fujiyama
; Goro Sawatari
; Gonzou Shirakawa

Kuroda Family/Ooedo Clan

; Ryuichiro Kuroda
; Kyotaro "Kyo-san" Oshima
; Kouzou Wakamatsu
; Minoru Tatsukawa
; Tetsu Asakura
; Fuji

Others

; Tomoya Shinohara
; Hiroki Kudoh
; Ichiro Tsuruta
; Ichikawa

Drama

The drama aired on Nippon TV from April 1, 2002 to July 3, 2002. The series consisted of 12 episodes. Nippon TV began airing a second season on January 15, 2005, with several returning cast members. It lasted 10 episodes. There is also a special episode titled "Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi", it's a sequel to the first season and the prequel to the second season. The drama also was the highest-rated in its time slot when it was shown in the Philippines by the GMA Network, and was popular enough that the network decided to re-run it, and continued to be the highest-rated show in its time slot. In the Philippines, the series ended with the Gokusen special.
The third season of Gokusen began airing on April 19, 2008 in Japan and March 23, 2009 in the Philippines on GMA Network. Yukie Nakama reprises her role as Yankumi, Katsuhisa Namase as Sawatari, and the rest of the cast that makes up Yankumi's Yakuza family returns as well.

Cast

Oedo Family

Note: The Ooedo Family cast members remain the same throughout all three seasons of Gokusen.

Other cast

Shirokin High School
Kurogin High School
Akadou High School
The theme songs for the anime are:
The theme songs for the drama are:
It was remade in Indonesia as Guruku Jagoan.

Episodes