

Overview
After ten years of study in the US, Nonomura Kensuke returns to Japan to be an English teacher at a local high school. Kensuke's nontraditional teaching style stirs up the school, but the students gradually accept him.
Top Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara
Kensuke Nonomura

Yukiyo Toake
Keiko Sugiura

Hiroyuki Ôta
Yasuo Takamatsu

Mieko Nishio
Ikuko Higuchi

Fujio Suga
Katsumata, vice-principal

Kokinji Katsura
Terada's father

Shōki Fukae
Kanedaka

Torahiko Hamada
Takamatsu's father

Kaku Takashina
Uegen

Kichijirō Ueda
Yamayoshi, postmaster

Zenji Yamada
Tomota

Reiko Arai
Miss Matsuoka
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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