Gokusen Season 1 (JDrama 2002)

Details:

Title: ごくせん
Title (romaji): Gokusen
Genre: Comedy, School
Broadcast network: NTV


Season 1:

Episodes: 12 + Special (Graduation)
Viewership ratings: 17.43% (not including SP)
Broadcast period: 2002-Apr-01 to 2002-July-03
SP: 2003-Mar-26
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Feel Your Breeze by V6


Synopsis:

The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen with hopes of making a difference in the students' lives. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) is in for a rude awakening when she finds that she will be the homeroom teacher of 3-D, the hardest class to maintain in the school. The students have multi-colored hair, sloppy uniforms, and show absolutely no respect to her. The leader of the class, Sawada Shin is lazy but bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is very different from other teachers. The students try to bully her to make her quit, but their attempts don't get them very far.

What the class and the rest of the school does not know is that Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to the Ooedo Group, a notorious yakuza clan. Even though her family would like her to take the title of Ojou when her grandfather dies, they have accepted the fact that Yamaguchi would rather be a teacher.

Eventually, the students learn to respect their quirky teacher because of her devotion to them, and even give her a nickname: Yankumi.

Episode Information:
01 A zealous teacher goes on a rampage!!
02 Don't abandon your friend!!
03 Don't judge only by appearance!!
04 If you fail, start over
05 To fight is different from violence
06 Don't let bullying get to you!!
07 Believe in your own child!!
08 Aren't you his mother!!
09 Don't blame others for your own mistakes!!
10 I'll believe my own students!!
11 No one is alone
12 Goodbye, Yankumi
SP Goodbye Class 3D ~ Yankumi's Tearful Graduation

~2 DVD

External links:
# Gokusen at Wikipedia
# List of Gokusen episodes at Wikipedia
# Gokusen - DramaWiki at Main Page - DramaWiki