Movie: Botchan

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya
二宮和也

Botchan

Nao Matsushita
松下奈緒

Madonna

Arata Furuta
古田新太

Yama Arashi

Norito Yashima
八嶋智人

Nodaiko

Koji Yamamoto
山本耕史

Uranari

Naoki Matayoshi
又吉直樹

Soseki Natsume

Machiko Washio
鷲尾真知子

Mitsuhiro Oikawa
及川光博

Red Shirt

Koichi Sato
佐藤浩市

Physics School Principal

Yuko Asano
浅野ゆう子

Madonna’s mother

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    Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.

  • Release Date

    2016-01-03

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

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    日本語
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