Jyoou no Kyoushitsu

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Title: 女王の教室（じょおうのきょうしつ）
Title (romaji): Jyoou no Kyoushitsu
Also known as: The Queen's Classroom
Episodes: 11
Genre: Mystery, Human Drama
Air time: Saturday Nights 21:00
Viewership: 16.9%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2005-02-07
Theme Song: Exit by EXILE

Synopsis

Yuki Amami plays Maya Akutsu, a sixth-grade teacher who dresses all in black and is repeatedly referred to as "oni sensei" (the teacher from hell), when, in fact, she seems to be an ultrarealist at heart. The drama focuses on a year in her classroom and, particularly, the effect it has on 12-year-old Kazumi--a nice but mediocre student whose parents want to send her to a private secondary school.

Akutsu-sensei accomplished this feat by introducing a test-based rank and privilege system on the first day. The highest scorers on the Monday morning test get their choice of seats and other perks while the two lowest scorers are burdened with all the chores for the week from blackboard and toilet cleaning to serving lunch. The system also disallows toilet breaks during class because this reflects an inability to manage one's own schedule.

Kazumi gets the first week's work assignment along with the class clown, a warmhearted boy who is not nearly as silly as he acts. The child actors in the series are all likeable pros who give realistic portrayals of the wide spectrum of an average classroom from the isolated serious students to the sophisticated girls who think they already know what life is all about. Akutsu-sensei lets them know immediately that they do not have a clue.

When the students protest her system and call it unfair, she tells them to open their eyes. In Japanese society, she lectures, those who work hard or have influence get all the privileges, and the lazy or less affluent end up with the leftovers. She says only six in 100 people can expect to be happy and the elite already have most of the advantages and access to the best medical care. She tells them that, as products of the public school system, they will have to scramble to get anything at all, and most of them will end up as "bonjin" (ordinary people), to whom those on the top will be happy to leave the soldiering and service-sector jobs.

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Cast

Cast of Jyoou no Kyoushitsu

Amami Yuki as Akutsu Maya (37)
Hada Michiko as Kanda Shoko (37)
Hara Sachie as Tendou Shiori (25)
Omi Toshinori as Kanda Takeshi (39)
Kaho as Kanda Yu (15)
Shida Mirai as Kanda Kazumi (12)
Matsukawa Naoruki as Manabe Yusuke
Fukuda Mayuko as Shindo Hikaru
Hanmi Kazuaki as Ueno Kyoto (45)
Izumiya Shigeru as Ueno Kyoto (45)
Naitou Takashi as Namiki Heizaburo (44)
Hiraizumi Sei
Sakai Wakana (ep11)

Episode Titles

「悪魔のような鬼教師に戦いを挑んだ六年生の一年間の記録！」 akuma no youna oni kyoushi ni tatakai o idonda rokunensei no ichinenkan no kiroku! / a sixth grade class' one year battle with a wicked demonic teacher!
「鬼教師の目に涙！？子役の秘められた過去と哀しい友情の告白！」 oni kyoushi no me ni namida!? koyaku no himerareta kako to kanashii yuujou no kokuhaku! / tears in the wicked teacher's eyes!? a child's hidden past and a sad confession of friendship!
「親友・裏切り・涙。小学校最後の思い出…先生お願い、私に踊らせて！」 shinyuu, uragiri, namida. shougakkou saigo no omoide... sensei onegai, watashi ni odorasete! / friendship, betrayal, tears. Last memories of grade school... teacher, please let me dance!
「みんなにドロボウと言われてクラス崩壊・犯人探し先生友達を返して！！」 minna ni dorobou to iwarete kurasu houkai. hannin sagashi sensei tomodachi o kaeshite!! / being called a thief by everyone. collapse of the class. search for the culprit. teacher, give me my friends back!!
「友達も消えた?もう学校なんて行かない！先生どうして私をイジメるの」 tomodachi mo kieta... mou gakkou nante ikanai! sensei doushite watashi o ijimeru no? / my friends have also vanished... i'm not going to school anymore! teacher, why are you picking on me?
「夏休みはありません！追いつめられた子供が引き起こした悲劇と奇跡！！」 natsuyasumi wa arimasen! oitsumerareta kodomo ga hikiokoshita higeki to kiseki!! / there's no summer vacation! the tragedies and miracles brought about by cornered children!!
「学校が燃える！思い出も消える…先生、助けて！友だちの命が危ないの」 gakkou ga moeru! omoide mo kieru... sensei, tasukete! tomodachi no inochi ga abunai no! / the school's on fire! our memories are vanishing too... teacher, help us! my friends' lives are in danger!
「卒業行事はやりません！悪魔か天使か？生徒が知る鬼教師の哀しい過去」 sotsugyou gyouji wa yarimasen! akuma ka tenshi ka? seito ga shiru oni kyoushi no kanashii kako / we're not having a graduation! are you a demon or an angel? the sad past of the wicked teacher the students know
「鬼教師への刺客」 oni kyoushi e no shikaku / the wicked teacher's killer
「真矢、最後の授業」 Maya, saigo no jugyou
(Final) 「真矢のいない卒業式」 Maya no inai sotsugyou shiki

(SPECIAL#1) The special episode aired. It's about the reason why Maya got to be such a stubbonr teacher to her boys & girls. The episode begins with her first-year-teacher of 6th grade.(If you are wondering why she is so strict, you should watch this)

Episode Ratings

Ep 01: 14.4%
Ep 02: 16.6%
Ep 03: 17.0%
Ep 04: 20.1%
Ep 05: 13.8%
Ep 06: 16.9%
Ep 07: 16.5%
Ep 08: 14.6%
Ep 09: 17.4%
Ep 10: 19.7%
Ep 11: 25.3%

Production Credits

Producer:
Director: Ootsuka Takashi
Screenwriter: Kazuhiko Yukawa

Awards

46th Television Drama Acadamy Awards: Best Actress Amami Yuki
46th Television Drama Acadamy Awards: Best Newcomer Shida Mirai
46th Television Drama Acadamy Awards: Best Screenwriter Kazuhiko Yukawa

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