Gokusen 1&2

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Love the series,

It's so nice. I remember when I saw the first episode I knew I had to see all of it and I really liked it.
Here's a little bit more info about it:

The Gokusen (ごくせん, Gokusen? Mob Teacher)Drama:

The plot involves Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss. Her parents died when she was younger, and her grandfather has no other descendants, so Kumiko is next in line to head the family business. 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, especially Tetsu, who is secretly in love with her.

Kumiko (known by her students as "Yankumi") becomes a teacher at an all-boys private high school. Her class is full of delinquents, but she tries her hardest to teach them not just about academics, but about lessons of life, much like any "dedicated teacher" story. 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 relief.

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 (including Yukie Nakama). It lasted 10 episodes. There is also a special episode titled Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi (Goodbye 3rd year Class D), 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 timeslot

Cast:
Yukie Nakama as Kumiko Yamaguchi (Yankumi / Ojou / Koumichou) (Math Teacher)
Katsuhisa Namase as Goro Sawatari, Kyoto (School Vice Principal)
Ken Utsui as Ryuichiro Kuroda (Kumiko's grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
Kenji Anan as Hiro Wakamatsu
Ken Kaneko as Tetsu Asakura
Shinji Uchiyama (内山信二) as Minoru Tatsukawa
Hiroshi Ryoukuni (両國宏) as Makoto Sugawara
Jun Matsumoto as Shin Sawada
Shun Oguri as "Uchi" / Haruhiko Uchiyama
Tomohiro Waki as "Kuma" / Teruo Kumai
Hiroki Narimiya as Takeshi Noda
Yuma Ishigaki as Youichi Minami
Misaki Itoh as Shizuka Fujiyama (English Teacher)
Yuko Nakazawa as Kikuno Kawashima (School Nurse)
Osami Nabe as Osamu Ando (Social Studies Teacher)
Masahiro Kohmoto as Kouhei Iwamoto (P.E. Teacher)
Ichirou Ookuma (大隈いちろう) as Hajime Oyama (Science Teacher)
Ryosei Tayama as Gonzou Shirakawa (Principal)
Satoru Saito as Kanji Washio (Japanese Language Teacher)
Ikki Sawamura as Tomoya Shinohara (Police Officer)
Tadashi Sakata (坂田聡) as Yutaka Kashiwagi (Police Officer)

Class 3D
Jun Kawai (河合潤) as Jun Kechi
Kouhei Kou (港耕平) as Kouhei Imagawa
Hiroshi Okabe (岡部紘樹) as Hiroshi Uesugi
Yuusuke Uechi (上地雄輔) as Yuusuke Ooishi
Masayuki Izumi (泉政行) as Masayuki Oouchi
Kouji Kanazawa (金沢浩司) as Kouji Oda
Ren Matsuzawa (松沢蓮) as Ren Gamou
Eiki Kitamura as Eiki Shimazu
Ryuuji Sainei as Ryuuji Senzoku
Sho Tomita as Sho Takeda
Shigeo Tomita (富田樹央) as Shigeo Chikamatsu
Hitoshi Sasaki (佐々木仁) as Hitoshi Hazama
Masafumi Hatakenaka (畠中正文) as Masafumi Hattori
Katsutaka Furuhata (古畑勝隆) as Katsutaka Fujiwara
Yuuya Nishikawa (西川祐也) as Yuuya Houjou
Hiromi Nagayama (長山浩巳) as Hiromi Hosokawa
Ryouji Morimoto as Ryouji Horibe
Shingo Yashiro (八代真吾) as Shingo Maeda
Makoto Onodera (小野寺尊允) as Makoto Matsudaira
Kenichi Matsuyama as Kenichi Mouri
Mitsuru Nishitani (西谷有統) as Mitsuru Yagyuu

Guests
Koutaro Tanaka as Watanabe (student of Ara High School, episode 2)
Keiko Inoue (井上佳子) (thief victim, episode 3)
Mayumi Asaka as Sayuri Uchiyama (Uchi's mother, episode 3)
Uchuu Fujima (藤間宇宙) as Yuuichi Teradomari (Class 3A, episode 3)
Youko Ooshima (Teradomari's mother, episode 3)
Riko Kurita (栗田梨子) as Ami Morisaki (Momoyuri Girls High School, episode 5)
Eiji Wentz as Masato Yuki (27th student of Class 3D, episode 6)
Yoshie Otsuka (大塚良重) (Masato Yuki's mother, episode 6)
Senjuu Sunaga (須永千重) as Kumai Masako (Kuma's mother, episodes 7&11)
Tokuma Nishioka as Shoutarou Sawada (Shin's father, episode 7)
Yui Ichikawa as Natsumi Sawada (Shin's little sister, episode 7)
Shishi Yamaguchi (山口詩史) as (Kenichi Mouri's mother, episode 7)
Takashi Tsukamoto as Yuuji Kurosaki (former Shirokin student, episode 9)
Natsuko Akiyama as Sachiko Sawatari (Sawatari's wife, episode 10)
Kouji Higuchi (樋口浩二) as Toshihiko Ijuuin (teacher in Ei Shou Gakuen, episode 10)
Kei Tanaka as Ono (student of Ei Shou Gakuen, episode 10)
Naomasa Musaka (六平直政) as Kazuo Kumai (Kuma's father, episode 11)
Saki Yoshihara (吉原沙貴) (Kuma's little sister, episode 11)
Shinichi Fukumoto as Tachibana (writer of "Shuukan Wednesday", episode 12)
Yasushi Kimura (木村靖司) as Itou (photographer of "Shuukan Wednesday, episode 12)
Sei Hiraizumi as Kentarou Sawatari (Shirokin's director & Sawatari's father, episode 12)
Rio Matsumoto as Wakaba (Hot Springs attendant, special)
Akio Kaneda (Uchi's future boss, special)


Characters
Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi - She is a 23-year-old college graduate and is newly hired at Shirokin Gakuen. She is very idealistic and wants to inspire her students and help them graduate high school. For the last seven years, after the death of her parents, Kumiko has been living with her grandfather, who is the head of an influential Tokyo Yakuza group. Despite this strange upbringing and the bizarre mannerisms she has picked up from it, Kumiko is a good-hearted girl who strongly believes in her students, even when they think the world is against them. Her belief in them (and her combat skills) helps her earn their respect. They give her the nickname "YanKumi"

Shirokin High School:
Shin Sawada - 18-year-old Shin is the leader of class 3-D. He is cool, level-headed, smart, and somewhat introverted. Everyone in the class looks up to him . Shin is feared because of an incident back in middle school, where he punched out a teacher. He knows right away that something is not normal about their new teacher. He keeps an eye on her. He's the first one who finds out Kumiko's true identity.
Youichi Minami -He is one of Shin's friends. He always gets into fights, like everyone else. He fought with Tsuruta Ichiro and was beaten by him.
Haruhiko "Uchi" Uchiyama -He has a weird hairstyle. He's also one of Shin's friends. He was lost in Okinawa when they had a trip there, and he gave Kumiko and Shin a lot of problems during that time. When they finally found him, Kumiko smacked him til his face was swollen.
Teruo "Kuma" Kumai - Large and tough, Kumai (called "Kuma" or "Bear" by everyone) always seems to be getting into trouble. He's either getting into fights, or being accused of theft, or being attacked by a rival school. Kuma and Shin are best friends. They grew up together, and Kuma calls Shin "Shin-chan".
Takeshi Noda - He is also one of Shin's friends. He was the one who thought of giving Kumiko "Yankumi" as her nickname. Takeshi Noda is a member of class 3-D. Although not typically a main cast member, in one episode, he becomes obsessed with the teacher, Shizuka. When she throws away a present he gives her, Noda takes a picture of her at her secret second job: hostess at a bar. He then sends the picture to the head teacher and almost gets Shizuka fired.
Shizuka Fujiyama - Shizuka Fujiyama is another female teacher hired by Shirokin Gakuen at the same time as YanKumi. In the drama, Fujiyama teaches English. In the anime, she teaches music. Fujiyama is very sexy and likes to wear revealing clothing. One of her students attempted suicide, and she learned a lesson because of that incident. She likes thin, handsome guys. She started a choir club in school. All the students love her. In the drama, Fujiyama wears her normal clothes all the time, but in the anime and manga, she wears a tracksuit like Yankumi does. Fujiyama used to teach middle school students and is very happy to teach at a high school. She jokes about which boys are cute and who she would sleep with.
Vice-principal -The School Vice-Principal is Yankumi's main nemesis among the school staff.
Principal -He does have a great knack for popping up suddenly at unusual times to point out useful information. In the manga and anime, the Koucho is this happy little bald guy who likes to wear bow ties.

Oedo Clan:
Ryuichiro Kuroda -Kumiko's grandfather. He's a kindly, wise old guy who loves Kumiko very much and is always there to support her and give advice. He took Kumiko in after her parents died.
Kyotaro "Kyo-san" Oshima-Kyo is a tough-looking member of the Yakuza, but he is really close with Kumiko. When he was younger, and Kumiko was a little girl, he taught her how to fight and defend herself when she was being bullied in school and teased because of her Yakuza connections.
Kouzou Wakamatsu -
Minoru - Along with Tetsu, Minoru is a member of Kumiko's Yakuza group and is one of her loyal followers. He and Tetsu watch over Kumiko and worry about her. Minoru and Tetsu can occasionally be seen running a takoyaki stand near Kumiko's school where they can be near her if needed. Sometimes their enthusiasm in serving her almost betrays her secret, but all they want to do is help.
Tetsu Asakura - Tetsu is one of Kumiko's lackeys. He is a member of the Yakuza group, and is very devoted and protective of her. He and Minoru always keep an eye on Kumiko and do their best to help her when they can. In the drama, Tetsu seems to like Kumiko, but unfortunately, he doesn't seem to have a very good chance of getting romantically involved with her, as she considers him to be like family.
Fuji -He is Kumiko's old dog. He narrates the preview for the next episode. He is very loyal to Kumiko. He talks most of the time even though nobody can hear him.

Others:
Shinohara - In the manga and anime, Shinohara is the lawyer who works for Kumiko's Yakuza group. He's handsome and cool. Kumiko's grandfather helped Shinohara back when he was a law student, and Shinohara works for the Yakuza to repay the favour. Kumiko has had a crush on him for a long time.
Kudoh - A former student at Shirokin Gakuin. He was a senior there until he was kicked out. He met Kumiko during her first week of school when he tried to beat up Kuma. Then Kumiko found Kudoh and his gang, only to give them the worst beating. He joins the Nekomata Group and tries to frame the Oedo Clan to get back at Kumiko. Back at Shirokin Gakuin, he and the other seniors used to beat up the juniors whenever they could. By the end of the anime, he kidnaps Kumiko in hopes of bringing down the Oedo Clan, only to be beaten by Shin and the rest of the class from 3-D.
Tsuruta - Tsuruta is a known pupil of all the schools as the strongest. He and Kudoh were the bullies to the juniors, and Tsuruta was eventually kicked out. He returns to school in Episode 9 for the festival thanks to the Vice-principal. The seniors used him to start fights with the juniors until he and Kumiko secretly fought. Kumiko won, and in return, Tsuruta had to stop being a bully and start hitting the books. Tsuruta may seem tough, but he's actually a kind person and a good cook. He also shows up in episode 11 of the anime to try and help the guys get Shin out.
Ichikawa - A boy who goes Shirokin Gakuin. A good kid who his so-called friends are bullying. Ms Fujiyama wanted him to join the choir club because she thought he was cute and to get him away from his bad friends. Mainly because he reminded her of a student she had in middle school who tried to commit suicide; he almost did commit suicide if not for Komiko and Shin, who grabbed him in time before he fell off the roof. He's later shown in Ms. Fujiyama's choir club



:cool: IT A VERY NICE SERIE.
If u have seen the series, well, don't feel ashamed and
post a comment, please:-),

👋 Ya ne

(JunMo)
 
I was just watching that! I'm only on the 4th part of the second episode though...but I like it. ^^
Lol, you have Sawada as your avatar? He's a good looking boy. LOL 👍
 
euhm yes this is sawada(MatsuJun) but if you see my profile then you see a picture of me(i'm trying to immitate him ,lool)

but im gonna change this sawada picture into also one of mine XD
 
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Yup, it is a very good show with NAKAMA YUKIE , MATSUMOTO JUN, SHUN OGURI, and with NARIMIYA HIROKI! :good:
 
I know this is too late but can someone post a pic of Yuuichi Kawada from Gokusen 2?He was played by Yuichi Nakamura but I'd really like to see
the picture of him as Yuuichi Kawada.Thanks a lot minna!!I've googled
but i just couldn't find his pic as Yuuichi Kawada...Thanks again!!:-)
Gomen if this is offtopic^^
 
I know this is too late but can someone post a pic of Yuuichi Kawada from Gokusen 2?He was played by Yuichi Nakamura but I'd really like to see
the picture of him as Yuuichi Kawada.Thanks a lot minna!!I've googled
but i just couldn't find his pic as Yuuichi Kawada...Thanks again!!:-)
Gomen if this is offtopic^^

nononon this aint off topic!

i found some piccu's of him :


 
Thank you so much!!I just can't seem to remember which scene did
Yuichi Kawada appeared..:(
But still,thank you so much Kayo-san^^
you made my day!
 
No problem i like to help you :) Gokusen really touched me straight to the heart.
 
have to agree on that i really loved gokusen it was one of my first dramas (first being nobuta wo produce) and i thought the plot was nice
of course i cried at the end cos im so emotional :p :p
anyway nice drama i liked the 1st season better than the second though....i dont know why.....but both are good anyway 👍
 
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