Season 1 • Episode 11
LatestThe drama will center around how a 35 year old changes the school and influences her fellow classmates’ lives while dealing with the dark reality of today’s high schools, including bullying and skipping school.
Acting
Ryoko Yonekura's controlled ferocity anchors every scene.
Writing
Bullying arcs that refuse easy redemption.
Ryoko Yonekura
Ayako Baba
Junpei Mizobata
Junichi Koizumi
Nana Katase
Akari Nagamine
Takeshi Masu
Makio Ninagawa
Megumi Yokoyama
Yuki Mayuzumi
Takaaki Enoki
Yoshio Noda
Tetsuya Watari
Yukinobu Asada
Hiroki Aiba
Ryuichiro Kitajima
Sho Ikushima
Koichi Higuchi
Rikiya Koyama
Narrator (voice)
Taiko Katono
Ryota Otake
Shiori
Yuna Izumi
Fujiko Kojima
Moe Kokubu
Yua Shinkawa
Mitsuki Kudo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2013 timing captured Japan's rising awareness of ijime (bullying) after several high-profile student suicides forced national policy debates.
Ryoko Yonekura reportedly shadowed actual high school teachers for a month; her classroom management scenes were largely improvised based on those observations.
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