Best Teachers in Jdrama & Film

Periwinkle Feb 17, 2022
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  • Gokusen

    1. Gokusen

    Japanese Drama - 2002, 12 episodes
    8.2
    895 points by 9 voters
    The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen in hopes of making a difference in the lives of students. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko is in for a rude awakening when ...more
  • 3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu

    2. 3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.6
    483 points by 5 voters
    With graduation 10 days away, homeroom teacher Hiiragi gathers all 29 students of class 3-A and proclaims them as his hostages. His last lesson regards the death of a student that passed ...more
  • Ore no Sukato, Doko Itta?

    3. Ore no Sukato, Doko Itta?

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.2
    385 points by 4 voters
    One day, Harada Nobuo starts work as a Japanese language teacher at a high school. He is gay and dresses like a woman. He sympathizes with the lives and worries of his ...more
  • Rookies

    4. Rookies

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 11 episodes
    7.9
    378 points by 4 voters
    Koichi Kawato is the new Japanese Literature teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all ...more
  • GTO

    5. GTO

    Japanese Drama - 1998, 12 episodes
    8.2
    291 points by 3 voters
    Onizuka Eikichi is a graduate of a third-rate University and the leader of a motorcycle gang, whose lifelong dream is to become a teacher. After being hired by a seemingly eccentric director, ...more
  • Aogeba Toutoshi

    6. Aogeba Toutoshi

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 8 episodes
    8.0
    284 points by 3 voters
    Hikuma Koichi, a former saxophone player who has turned his back on music due to the aftereffects of an accident, becomes the advisor of a small brass band at a run-down high ...more
  • The Queen's Classroom

    7. The Queen's Classroom

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 11 episodes
    8.1
    195 points by 2 voters
    A new school year begins at Hanzaki Elementary School, and there's a new mysterious teacher named Akutsu Maya in grade 6, class 3. Meanwhile, Kanda Kazumi is now entering the 6th grade ...more
  • GTO: Remake

    8. GTO: Remake

    Japanese Drama - 2012, 11 episodes
    8.0
    191 points by 2 voters
    Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji, Onizuka Eikichi, the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning ...more
  • Kamen Teacher

    9. Kamen Teacher

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 12 episodes
    7.5
    189 points by 2 voters
    Gota Araki begins work at a new high school. He is assigned to the school's notorious 2nd Year, Class C as their homeroom teacher. All of the students in Class C are ...more
  • Jigoku Sensei Nube

    10. Jigoku Sensei Nube

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 10 episodes
    7.2
    181 points by 2 voters
    Meisuke Nueno is the homeroom teacher of a 2nd grade 3 class in high school. He is referred to as Nube. He sometimes carries himself as an idiot, but he does care ...more
  • Scrap Teacher

    11. Scrap Teacher

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 9 episodes
    7.2
    179 points by 2 voters
    Nakajima, Yamada, Chinen, and Arioka play a group of junior high students who transfer to a school on the verge of collapse, and take on the role of reforming their incapable teachers. ...more
  • Chugakusei Nikki

    12. Chugakusei Nikki

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 11 episodes
    8.0
    100 points by 1 voters
    This is a love story between Akira Kuroiwa, a 15-year-old boy who knows nothing of love, and Hijiri Suenaga, his new 25-year-old homeroom teacher. One fated summer, Akira begins to realize he ...more
  • 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei

    13. 3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei

    Japanese Drama - 1979, 23 episodes
    7.6
    88 points by 1 voters
    The story is about an inspirational teacher put in charge of an unruly class of 9th graders. This highly-rated series reveals a rarely-seen side of Japan's educational system. (Source: DramaWiki)
  • Hammer Session!

    14. Hammer Session!

    Japanese Drama - 2010, 11 episodes
    7.7
    87 points by 1 voters
    Two prisoners managed to escape after the police truck carrying them crashed. One of them is a gangster. The other, called Otowa Yonko, is a con artist who cheats money from criminals ...more
  • Akahana no Sensei

    15. Akahana no Sensei

    Japanese Drama - 2009, 10 episodes
    7.4
    86 points by 1 voters
    Ishihara Santaro is an electronics salesman with a knack for entertaining customers while wearing his trademark red nose. But his actual sales are poor, and he soon gets fired. Through his former ...more

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