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[[File:Yankee.JPG|thumb|450px|Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' ヤンキー母校に帰る
*'''Title (romaji):''' Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru
*'''Also known as:''' Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Human Drama
*'''Episodes:''' 10 + SP
*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2003-Oct-10 to 2003-Dec-12
*'''Air time:''' Friday 22:00
*'''Theme song:''' ''"Aozora no Hate"'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okuda_miwako Okuda Miwako] (奥田美和子)

==Synopsis==
In 1988 Hokkaido's Hokusei Yoichi High School became the first high school in Japan to accept students who had previously dropped out of high school from nationwide. Hokkaido Broadcasting (HBC) has been covering this school for 15 years and aired a documentary last spring that caused a stir all over the country. Now TBS in cooperation with HBC will create a drama based on the school.

The drama will follow a former gang member, dropout and graduate of the school who returns as a teacher. We will follow him as he helps graduating students out into the world. The teachers and students will, as you would expect, confront all the issues of youth and society today. At this school, there are no compromises, no lies. This drama will move you as both students and teachers face a variety of issues head on.

This is a moving story that is created by people coming together and learning to believe in each other.

''--TBS''

==Cast==
[[File:Yankee-banner.JPG|thumb|270px|Cast]]
*[[Takenouchi Yutaka]] as Yoshimori Masaya
*[[Shinohara Ryoko]] as Kanai Momoe
*[[Ichige Yoshie]] as Kanai Sayako
*[[Yo Kimiko]] as Andou Yukiko
*[[Sayaka]] as Koga Nanae
*[[Kato Natsuki]] as Tsunemoto Akane
*[[Murano Mia]] as Torii Wakana
*[[Aiba Masaki]] as Yashiki Tetsuji
*[[Hiraizumi Sei]]
*[[Nukumizu Youichi]] as Endou Nobu
*[[Ujiie Megumi]] as Kagaya Chiaki
*[[Guts Ishimatsu]]
*[[Nagai Masaru]] as Okumura Kazuto
*[[Ichihara Hayato]] as Ujiie Tooru
*[[Ichikawa Yui]] as Toda Yuuki
*[[Oshinari Shugo]] as Chiba Kentarou
*[[Otsuka Chihiro]] as Sakuta Kumiko
*[[Takase Yukina]] as Sawada Mika
*[[Ishigaki Yuma]] as Shimada Tetsuki
*[[Hayami Mokomichi]] as Hideo
*[[Koike Teppei]] as Murase Motoya
*[[Emoto Tasuku]] as Junichi
*[[Tokuyama Hidenori]]
*[[Miyata Daizo]]
*[[Mimura Takayo]]
*[[Ito Takahiro]]
*[[Nishiyama Mayuko]]
*[[Kaji Masaki]]
*[[Mizusawa Aki]]
*[[Natsukawa Jun]] (ep 8)
*[[Sakurai Sho]] (SP) as Yoshiie Hiroyuki
*[[Matsuda Shota]] (SP)
*[[Harada Natsuki]] (SP)
*[[Kimura Ryo]] (SP)
*[[Kazama Shunsuke]] (SP)
*[[Kamiyoshihara Yo]] (SP)
*[[Harada Yoshio]] as Iwazaki Tooru
*[[Matsuzawa Kazuyuki]]
*[[Oka Ayumi]]
*[[Miyazaki Masaru]]
*[[Nishi Yosuke]] (SP)

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Iino Yoko]], [[Izumi Yoshihiro]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Iyota Hidenori]] (伊與田英徳), [[Kouno Satoshi]] (河野啓)
*'''Director:''' [[Imai Natsuki]], [[Mishiro Shinichi]], [[Kato Arata]], [[Yamamuro Daisuke]]
*'''Music:''' [[Endo Mikio]] (遠藤幹雄)

==Review==
Whereas this would be considered (by casual fans) as another clone of [[Great Teacher Onizuka|GTO]], this series is actually different in that it is ''realistic''. It is based on a real-life Hokkaido school which began to take problem students beginning in 1988. The teachers, students, and aides are more realistic and less inclined to solve problems in a jiffy as it happens in GTO.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/yankee/ Official Website]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.784.htm JDorama.com]

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