A 20-year-old dude storms childcare like it's D-Day. The kids are unimpressed.
60 minSeason 1 • Episode 9
LatestAsk any nursery-aged little girl what she wants to be when she grows up, and she's bound to say nurse, florist, or ballerina. Ask any nursery-aged little boy what he wants to be when he grows up, and he's bound to say policeman, fireman, sports player, or pilot. As for 20-year-old young man Taiyo Suzuki, however, he's had different aspirations all his life. Moved by his elderly nursery school teacher, Taiyo decided then and there that he too, would also become one. Now, having passed the nursery school teacher examination, bright-eyed and eager Taiyo is out to make his mark in a totally female-dominated world.
Acting
Sho Sakurai's earnest fish-out-of-water energy
Writing
Kids deliver wisdom adults desperately need
Production
Authentic nursery chaos, zero sugarcoating
Sho Sakurai
Suzuki Taiyo
Yuki Matsushita
Mita Shizuka [Himawari Nursery School supervisor]
Kazue Fukiishi
Sakai Minako [Rose class homeroom teacher]
Hideko Yoshida
Yoshikawa Kiyoko [Himawari Nursery School principal]
Shozo Endo
Sasaki Shuzo / "Shu-chan" [Police officer]/[Taiyo's childhood friend]
Mari Hamada
Yokoyama Sayuri [Teacher]
Yuka Itaya
Arai Erika [Teacher]
Shin Yazawa
Kojima Kaoru [Teacher]
Otoha
Omoto Rumi [Teacher]
Kumiko Mori
Koike Sumire [Ryohei's wife]
Ryosei Tayama
Koike Ryohei ["Cafe Sumire" owner]
Shunji Fujimura
Murabayashi Itsuki / "Ojichan-sensei"
Takatoshi Kaneko
Kuwata Mitsuo [Vegetable shop owner]
Mayuko Fukuda
Mayuko [Rose class student]
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
2003 Japan had virtually zero male nursery teachers; this was genuinely radical workplace representation.
Sho Sakurai was already Arashi-famous — imagine your favorite boy band lead getting puked on by toddlers.
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