Botchan

Overview

Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.

Directed by Masayuki Suzuki

Top cast

Kazunari Ninomiya

Botchan

Nao Matsushita

Madonna

Arata Furuta

Yama Arashi

Norito Yashima

Nodaiko

Koji Yamamoto

Uranari

Naoki Matayoshi

Soseki Natsume

Machiko Washio

Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Red Shirt

Koichi Sato

Physics School Principal

Yuko Asano

Madonna’s mother

Kaoru Kobayashi

Madonna’s father

Ittoku Kishibe

Tanuki

Nobuko Miyamoto

Kiyo

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