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Poster for Gokusen

2002 | 3 seasons | 45 min | Drama, Comedy

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a short run with a modest audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Freaks and Geeks, start here.
The mood
Funny with heart.
The pace
3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 45 minutes, about 25 hours in all.
What might put you off
It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Ran for 3 seasons and reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 112K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 1 is the high point.

  1. Friday Night Flick
    Season 12002 · 12 episodes · 8.6 out of 10
    Friday
  2. Friday Night Flick
    Season 22005 · 10 episodes · 8.3 out of 10
    Friday
  3. Saturday Special
    Season 32008 · 11 episodes · 8.1 out of 10
    Saturday

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Cast & crew

Created by Kozueko Morimoto

  • Yukie NakamaKumiko Yamaguchi
  • Katsuhisa NamaseGoro Sawatari
  • Haruma MiuraRen Kazama
  • Kenji AnanHiro Wakamatsu
  • Yuya TakakiYamato Ogata
  • Ken KanekoTetsu Asakura
  • Ken UtsuiRyuichiro Kuroda
  • Junta NakamaRikiya Ichimura
  • Shinji UchiyamaMinoru Tatsukawa
  • Shohei MiuraShunsuke Kamiya