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Botchan

Botchan

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Drama
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 2016-01-03
⌚ Running Time: 120 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 8.0

Beloved Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya original image
Botchan
Kazunari Ninomiya
Nao Matsushita original image
Madonna
Nao Matsushita
Arata Furuta original image
Yama Arashi
Arata Furuta
Norito Yashima original image
Nodaiko
Norito Yashima
Koji Yamamoto original image
Uranari
Koji Yamamoto
Naoki Matayoshi original image
Soseki Natsume
Naoki Matayoshi
Machiko Washio original image
Machiko Washio
Mitsuhiro Oikawa original image
Red Shirt
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Koichi Sato original image
Physics School Principal
Koichi Sato
Yuko Asano original image
Madonna’s mother
Yuko Asano
Kaoru Kobayashi original image
Madonna’s father
Kaoru Kobayashi
Ittoku Kishibe original image
Tanuki
Ittoku Kishibe
Nobuko Miyamoto original image
Kiyo
Nobuko Miyamoto

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