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Botchan 2016 Directed by Masayuki Suzuki 坊っちゃん

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Fuji Television Network
Release Date 3 January 2016
120 mins
Cast
Kazunari Ninomiya
Kazunari Ninomiya Botchan
Nao Matsushita
Nao Matsushita Madonna
Arata Furuta
Arata Furuta Yama Arashi
Norito Yashima
Norito Yashima Nodaiko
Koji Yamamoto
Koji Yamamoto Uranari
Naoki Matayoshi
Naoki Matayoshi Soseki Natsume
Machiko Washio
Machiko Washio
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Mitsuhiro Oikawa Red Shirt
Koichi Sato
Koichi Sato Physics School Principal
Yuko Asano
Yuko Asano Madonna’s mother
Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi Madonna’s father
Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe Tanuki
Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuko Miyamoto Kiyo
Crew
Director
Masayuki Suzuki
Masayuki Suzuki
Writer
Atsuko Hashibe
Atsuko Hashibe
Composer
Akihiro Manabe
Akihiro Manabe
Original Writer
Natsume Sōseki
Natsume Sōseki