3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei

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  • Title: 3年B組金八先生
  • Title (romaji): 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei
  • Also known as: Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B 1
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre: School drama
  • Broadcast network: TBS

Season 1

  • Episodes: 22
  • Viewership: 23.4
  • Broadcast period: 1979-Oct-26 to 1980-Mar-28
  • Theme song: Starting Line by Kaientai

Synopsis

Stars popular actor Takeda Tetsuya as 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.

Cast

Class 3B - Boys

Class 3B - Girls

External Links

Season 2

  • Episodes: 25
  • Broadcast period: 1980-Oct-03 to 1981-Mar-1981

Synopsis

This drama offers an enlightening portrayal of the problems faced by junior high students in today's society, from juvenile delinquency and sex to a general crisis of spirit. The series is divided into three major story lines. --TBS

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Season 3

  • Episodes: 12

Synopsis

This drama offers an enlightening portrayal of the problems faced by junior high students in today's society, from juvenile delinquency and sex to a general crisis of spirit. The series is divided into three major story lines. --TBS

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Season 4

  • Broadcast period: 1995 to 1996

Cast

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Season 5

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  • Also known as: Kinpachi Sensei 2000 (KIKU-TV)
  • Episodes: 23
  • Broadcast period: 1999-Oct-14 to 2000-Mar-30
  • Theme song: Atarashii Hitoe by Kaientai

Synopsis

After an absence of four years Kinpachi Sensei, everyone's favorite teacher, returns to the television screen in a new series. When the series first went into production in 1979, delinquency and on-campus violence were big social problems. Over the years, the pressing problems became truancy and bullying, and more recently, disorderly conduct in classrooms and children with explosive tempers. Kinpachi Sensei returns to the classroom to help teenagers caught between childhood and adulthood, who suffer many social and emotional strains.

Cast

Class 3B - Boys

External Links

  • JDorama.com (http://jdorama.com/drama.8.htm)
  • KIKU-TV page (http://www.kikutv.com/shows/Japanese_Programs/kinpachi_sensei_2000/index.html)

Season 6

Synopsis

Tetsuya Takeda is back for his sixth season as Japan's most dedicated middle school teacher. Sakura Middle School becomes the first school to introduce the new student-guidance standards set to be instituted by the education ministry next April. Two transfer students also will join the 3-B class and, in a historic first, the school will have a non-Japanese teacher on staff.

Cast

Class 3B - Boys

Class 3B - Girls

Production Credits

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Season 7

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3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei 7
  • Episodes: 21 plus Graduation SP
  • Viewership: 14.5
  • Broadcast period: 2004-Oct-15 to 2005-Mar-25
  • Air time: Friday 22:00
  • Theme song: Hatsukoi no Ita Basho by Kaientai
  • Incidental music:
Evening Falls, by Enya (ep18)

Synopsis

This series is back in its 25th year with the seventh series. What concerns and problems with this new class confront Kimpachi Sakamoto (Takeda Tetsuya) with? Yet again, through the days and months of the year, we will learn lessons which money can't buy.

In the sixth series, Sakamoto was in heated disagreement with Principal Chida over teaching methods. So much so that he was ordered off the Board of Education. But he is back teaching at Sakura Middle School. Recently there has been a spate of young crime. Even Sakura has to deal with new problems like drugs and sexually transmitted diseases. Kimpachi returns to a school system in tumult. What problems will he confront and what message will he have for us? Keep and eye on class 3B over the next six months. --TBS

Cast

Class 3B - Boys

Class 3B - Girls

Production Credits

External Links

Season 8

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3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei 8

Synopsis

The long awaited 8th season of the “Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B” series is coming back this fall. The original series began airing in 1979, and has conveyed various messages to viewers and society in every series. The environment surrounding senior students in junior high school have drastically changed throughout the years. This includes facing college entrance examinations and higher education, worrying about relationships between their parents, teachers and friends, and dealing with expectations and disappointments. The series will once again depict the passion of Kinpachi Sakamoto, the teacher who shares the joys and sorrows with his 25 students, and the students who, in turn, also grow with him. The drama is scheduled to air until March 2008. --TBS

Cast

Class 3-B

Production Credits

Episode Ratings

Episode Kanto Kansai Nationwide
01 13.9  ??.?  ??.?
02 12.5  ??.?  ??.?
03 11.6  ??.?  ??.?
04 11.4  ??.?  ??.?
05 09.3  ??.?  ??.?
06 08.2  ??.?  ??.?
07 08.7  ??.?  ??.?
08 09.3  ??.?  ??.?
09 07.9  ??.?  ??.?
10 08.3  ??.?  ??.?
11 09.3  ??.?  ??.?
12 08.8  ??.?  ??.?
13 07.8  ??.?  ??.?
14 08.9  ??.?  ??.?
15 07.7  ??.?  ??.?
16 08.6  ??.?  ??.?
17 08.7  ??.?  ??.?
18 08.3  ??.?  ??.?
19 07.1  ??.?  ??.?
20 07.1  ??.?  ??.?
21 07.5  ??.?  ??.?
22 11.1  ??.?  ??.?
Average 09.2  ??.?  ??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd. (http://www.videor.co.jp/)

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