Gokusen is the story of recently graduated kumiko yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of class 3d of akado high sch. Gokusen 3 2008 sawatari goro now works at akado high school as a vice principal. Gokusen the movie plot the movie takes place after the graduation of that seasons thirdyear class, which includes students played by yuya takaki and haruma miura. 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. But seeing the same storyline again for the 3rd time really bored me. The movie yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of class 3d of. Class 3d is a bunch of students who looks more like delinquents and trouble makers. This film is the sequel to the television drama gokusen season 3, and the last of the series. In 2008, a sp manga was out, featuring some of yankumis kumiko old students who are by now working adults in 2002, the manga was adapted into a television drama with yukie nakama in. Gangland teacher is a japanese manga, dorama, and anime featuring yamaguchi kumiko, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss, as a teacher of the delinquent filled class 3d at shirokin gakuen, an all boys private high school. Also, i didnt feel the closeness between yankumi and the 3d class as in season 1. Trailer for the upcoming big screen version of gokusen. The first gokusen series on tv was so successful that seasons 2 and 3 were created and that movie called gokusen the movie which most of the characters in gokusen tv series appear was produced.
The story follows kumiko yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss and teacher at an allmale private school. With haruma miura, takeru satoh, michiko kichise, umika kawashima. Kenji sakuragi is a lawyer and former member of a motorcycle gang. Yankumi, is assigned the new students of class 3d of akado high school. Plot the plot revolves kumiko yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss, kuroda of the kuroda ikka. The movie 2009 a passionate teacher, kumiko yamaguchi, a. Some of the class 3d students get involved in an incident with street thugs, which yankumi steps in to help out her fellow students. Although the head director of the school board speficically orders him to handle the problematic class 3d, the students are just too much for him. Most similar movies to gokusen the movie the list contains related movies ordered by similarity. With yukie nakama, katsuhisa namase, aya hirayama, aki hoshino. It had quite thrilling plot twists with good buildup, and lived up to the gokusen series. A brilliant high school hacker, fujimaru takagi haruma miura, gets drafted by the japanese equivalent of the fbithirdi, to help them stop a group of terrorists intending to attack tokyo with a biological weapon. Its really great seeing gokusen coming back with another season because of its successfulness it really was.
The toprated tv drama series gokusen is finally coming to the silver screen introduction. The story follows kumiko yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss and teacher at an allmale private high school. Tokyo godfathers was the third animated film directed by kon and the second which he both wrote and directed. Mizuki disguises herself as a boy and transfers to the same allboys high school her idol, izumi sano, a highjump athlete that gave up on the sport, attends. Gokusen is a popular manga series that started running from 2000 to 2007. The movie takes place after the graduation of that seasons thirdyear class, which includes students played by yuya takaki and haruma miura. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of class 3d of akado high school, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Unlike the other new teachers at her school kumiko gets placed with teh toughest kids there. So sawatari goes far away to a southern island to search for yankumi, and convince her to work for akado.
It had quite thrilling plottwists with good buildup, and lived up to the gokusen series. I narrated the main actions in each episode without revealing the plot s twists and turns. One day, the students of 3d get harassed by street hoodlums. Tokyo godfathers received an excellence prize at the 2003 japan media arts festival. This movie was a rather satisfying ending to a great series.
Having high hopes for her students, her world turned up side down when she finds out that shell be teaching the class 3d the hardest class to take care of. A young teacher is given the toughest classroom in the school. Gokusen the movie dvd 2009 japanese movie english sub. How i wrote these episode summaries with no spoilers 1. The story is related to a special episode airing on. However, kumiko is properly educated and her secret background plays a large part in the series for example, her students think she is in debt to yakuza because of one of her poor coverup excuses, and she brings in a rather. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of class 3d of akado high school, who still have not. The movie was exhibited during the 29th hawaii international film festival. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of class 3d of akado high school. Keiko nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the wolfs rain series and a head scriptwriter for cowboy bebop, cowrote the script with kon. Gokusen is fairly similar to great teacher onizuka in premise become trustworthy to the delinquents and teach them lessons through tough love.
In 2008, the series returned for its 3rd and final season and was the bestrated tv series for the year. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and talky films with plots about teacher, school, student, teacher student relationship, classroom, high school and teenager mostly in drama, comedy and family genres. The movie is a 2009 japanese film based on manga series gokusen. Gokusen 1 jseries synopsis gokusen menceritakan tentang perjuangan keras seorang guru yang bernama yamaguchi kumiko agar siswasiswanya. Yankumi, and her life as a new high school teacher. A movie as part of the drama series was released in japanese theaters on july 11, 2009. In between the antics of their classmates, shell try to get him to jump again. Overview of gokusen, 2009, directed by toya sato, with yukie nakama, katsuhisa namase, aya hirayama, at turner classic movies. Although the movie was overall a good experience, the only thing that disappointed me was the fact that matsumoto jun wasnt a part of the movie not because im a fan of him, but more so. In 2002, it was adapted into a tv series with great success and a 2nd season followed in 2005. When his friends and family members come under attack, fujimaru realizes the.
With yukie nakama, katsuhisa namase, ken utsui, ken kaneko. The original show had one of the most perfect, cathartic endings youll ever see in a tv. The plot revolves kumiko yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss, kuroda of the kuroda ikka. It was directed by toya sato who also directed live action. This film has action, comedy and drama just like the tv series. It was directed by toya sato who also directed liveaction version of kaiji. Gokusen is often compared to great teacher onizuka. Synopsis a passionate teacher, kumiko yamaguchi, a. Newly graduate yamaguchi kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered shirokin high to be a math teacher. I assumed that you will be reading these recaps and watching the videos chronologically. Gokusen is based on a japanese manga which became a highly popular television drama series, and going by the response of the audience, its likely that many fans have turned up in droves just to catch the latest installment of their favourite inspirational teacher yankumi, played in quite a schizophrenic manner by yukie naakama, befitting of the character whos balancing her school life with the legacy of who she actually is. I just wished there was a plot twist or a new storyline.
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