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==Details==
*'''Title:''' さよなら、小津先生 / Sayonara, Ozu Sensei
*'''Also known as:''' Goodbye Mr Ozu
*'''Episodes:''' 11
*'''Genre:'''
*'''Viewership ratings:'''
*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2001-10-09 to 2001-12-18
*'''Air time:''' [[Kakku|Tuesday Nights 9:00pm]]
*'''Theme song:''' ''Oyasuminasai'' by Aiko

==Synopsis==
It was after Ozu ([[Tamura Masakazu]]) passed 50, that he met his first major challenge in life. While working as the branch manager of his bank in New York, Ozu was given an order to do some deals that went over and above the law. He was later caught for being involved in those dealings, and was arrested.

After being released from prison, Ozu returned back to Japan to find that everything he worked for all his life had been lost: his job, his reputation, his family, and all of his possessions. All that he had left were expensive suits, and the label of being an ex-convict.

Ozu gets hired on to be a temporary teacher at a private high school in Tokyo. There is a major problem though...Ozu hates kids. Actually the problem is worse than that, he hates people. He has come to not be able to trust people anymore, so he doesn't even see them as people; which pretty much makes teaching anything to anyone out of the question. To make things worse, the kids at the school that he is now teaching at have lost all of their ambition.

This teacher can't teach children, and he can't be taught.

This story is depicted with a comedic touch, as Ozu and the students go through some violent, yet funny times on the way to his learning some valuable lessons from them.

Fuji TV

==Cast==
*[[Tamura Masakazu]] as Ozu Nanpei
*[[Yusuke Santamaria]] as Kato Ken
*[[Seto Asaka]] as Ashikaga Myu
*[[Nishida Naomi]] as Shikamatsu Manabi
*[[Kyono Kotomi]] as Yokomori Hitoha
*[[Kohinata Fumiyo]] as Sano Muneo
*[[Moriyama Mirai]]
*[[Oshinari Shugo]]
*[[Katsuji Ryo]]
*[[Eita]]
*[[Waki Tomohiro]]
*[[Ikeda Kii]] (池田貴尉)
*[[Ichinohe Nami]]
*[[Mizukawa Asami]]
*[[Nakagawa Ami]] (中川愛海)
*[[Yo Kimiko]]
*[[Osugi Ren]]
*[[Tani Kei]] as Shikamatsu Tetsuro
*[[Mizutani Atsushi]] (水谷あつし) (ep7)
*[[Watanabe Ikkei]] (ep11)

==Production Credits==
*'''Planning:''' [[Ishihara Takashi]] (石原隆), [[Suzuki Yoshihiro]] (鈴木吉弘)
*'''Producer:''' [[Sekiguchi Shizuo]] (関口静夫)
*'''Director:''' [[Hirano Shin]], [[Kouno Keita]] (河野圭太)
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Kimizuka Ryouichi]]
*'''Music:''' [[Ooshima Michiru]] (大島ミチル)

==External Links==
*[http://www.fujitv.co.jp/jp/b_hp/ozu/ Official Site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.580.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/さよなら、小津先生 Wikipedia]

{{SeasonRing|Fuji TV|[[Kayou 9 (Fuji TV)|Tuesday 21:00]]|Summer 2001|[[Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 2]]|Winter 2002|[[Hatsu Taiken]]}}

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