58 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestIchiro is a PE teacher in 1986 feared by his students for a "tough love" approach, harsh tongue and frequently “inappropriate” behavior. He’s also a dad trying to raise a rebellious daughter after having lost his wife to illness. When he gets transported in time to 2024, he encounters modern sensibilities that teach him about empathy but also gives people of today a reason to rethink their own political correctness in this time traversing comedy about change.
Acting
Sadao Abe's controlled chaos—terrifying, pathetic, weirdly lovable
Writing
Kankuro Kudo's surgical satire of both eras, no one spared
Production
1986 aesthetic so thick you can smell the tobacco and sweat
Creators
Kankuro Kudo, Fuminori Kaneko
Sadao Abe
Ogawa Ichiro / "Jigoku no Ogawa"
Riisa Naka
Inushima Nagisa / "Wan-chan"
Hayato Isomura
Akitsu Mutsumi / "Mucchi" | Akitsu Masahiko
Yuumi Kawai
Ogawa Junko
Yoh Yoshida
Sakisaka Sakae
Koji Yamamoto
Kurita Kazuya
Arata Furuta
Inushima Yuzuru [2024]
Ayumu Nakajima
Yasumori
Manato Sakamoto
Sakisaka Kiyoshi
Hiroki Miyake
Inoue Masakazu [2024]
Yoshihiko Hakamada
["Cafe and Bar Scandal" Master (1986)]
Baku Numata
["Cafe and Bar Scandal" Master (2024)]
Rion Fukumuro
Hase Tomomi
Toshiyuki Itakura
Uryu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Showa nostalgia' boom in Japanese media often romanticizes authoritarian warmth; this series weaponizes that affection against itself.
Director Fuminori Kaneko insisted on shooting the 1986 scenes with vintage lenses and no digital cleanup, creating genuine visual dissonance when Ichiro hits 2024.
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