Botchan (2016)
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.
Director: Masayuki Suzuki
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Kazunari Ninomiya as Botchan |
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Nao Matsushita as Madonna |
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Arata Furuta as Yama Arashi |
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Norito Yashima as Nodaiko |
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Koji Yamamoto as Uranari |
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Naoki Matayoshi as Soseki Natsume |
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Machiko Washio as |
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Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Red Shirt |
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Koichi Sato as Physics School Principal |
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Yuko Asano as Madonna’s mother |
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Kaoru Kobayashi as Madonna’s father |
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Ittoku Kishibe as Tanuki |
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Nobuko Miyamoto as Kiyo |
| Writing | Natsume Sōseki | Novel |
| Writing | Atsuko Hashibe | Writer |
| Directing | Masayuki Suzuki | Director |
| Sound | Akihiro Manabe | Original Music Composer |