Gokusen

The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen with hopes of making a difference in the students lives.
Yamaguchi Kumiko is in for a rude awakening when she finds that she will be the homeroom teacher of 3-D, the hardest class to maintain in the school. The students have multi-colored hair, sloppy uniforms, and show absolutely no respect to her. The leader of the class, Sawada Shin is lazy but bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is very different from other teachers.
What the class and the rest of the school does not know is that Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to the Ooedo Group, a notorious yakuza clan. Even though her family would like her to take the title of Ojou when her grandfather dies, they have accepted the fact that Yamaguchi would rather be a teacher.

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For those who haven't seen it yet, this is the 1st out of 3 sesons. Nakama Yukie plays the main character Ymaguchi Kumiko and I must say, that role really fit her. Along side the dramas 1st season was also the Graduation Special.

Gokusen is the first japanese drama i have ever watched and still to this day I'm still in love with it. it's a great laugh, and it will help you appreciate your teachers and may remind you that not all teachers are cruel.

It's a much watch for all viewers who want to experience a loving comedy where a grand-daughter of a yakuza wants to be a teacher out of all professions and how she wants to protect and value her yankee like students.

Gokusen was the first drama that I saw and I liked it so much that i continued to watch it the whole night:)I couldn't stop:)I don't think that i should summ up the drama because others alredy done that,but what I want to say is that this drama is worth to be seen!!!!!!

Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi-portrayed by Nakama Yukie

She is a 23-year-old university graduate, and is newly hired at Shirokin Gakuen. She is very idealistic, and wants to inspire her students and help them graduate high school. Since the age of 7, when her parents died, Kumiko has been living with her grandfather, who is the head of an influential Tokyo Ninkyo group.They give her the nickname "Yankumi", something she greatly likes as in the Drama she wished for her new students to refer her by it and in the SP manga, despite being injured she becomes energetic and wishes for her class to play soccer when her new student calls her it (something Shin told them to call her to make up for what they did). It is also revealed that she is attracted to men in a fundoshi; going into a trance when she saw Shin in one

Shin Sawada Portaryared by Matsumoto Jun

18 year old Shin is the leader of class 3-D (17 year old leader of 2-4 in the manga). He is cool, level-headed, smart, and somewhat introverted. Everyone in the class looks up to him. Shin is feared because of an incident back in middle school, where he punched out a teacher, though he did deserve it as the teacher constantly persecuted a student he believed to have committed a crime, where later he was proven innocent the teacher refused to apologize.

Haruhiko "Uchi" Uchiyamai portrayed by Oguri shun

He is the guy with a weird purple hairstyle. In the drama, he has long hair that he bleached blonde. He's also one of Shin's friends. He was lost in Okinawa when they had a trip there and he gave Kumiko and Shin a lot of problems during that time. When they finally found him, Kumiko smacked him until his face was swollen. Uchi in the Drama seemed very much like Minami from the anime/manga. In the drama he is a tough guy with a soft spot for his mother. His nickname is Uchi.

Teruo "Kuma" Kumai portaryed by Tomohiro Waki

Large and tough, Kumai (called "Kuma", or "Bear" by everyone) always seems to be getting into trouble. He's either getting into fights, or being accused of theft, or being attacked by a rival school. Kuma and Shin are best friends. They grew up together, and Kuma calls Shin "Shin-chan". He is also the only former student of Yankumi's shown in the drama version's sequel. In the second series he is revealed to be married to the girl he had a crush on in the first season, and in the third season he becomes a father. Throughout the seasons he helps Yakumi when he sees her students getting into some kind of trouble and becomes a mentor to them as well. In each new series of the drama there is always a kid who greatly resembles Kuma in Yankumi's class.

Takeshi Noda portrayed by Narimiya Hiroki.

He is also one of Shin's friends. He was the one who thought of giving Kumiko "Yankumi" as her nickname. Takeshi Noda is a member of class 2-4. Although not typically a main cast member, in one episode (in the drama), he becomes obsessed with the teacher Shizuka Fujiyama. Hurt when she threw away a present he gave her, Noda takes a picture of her at her secret second job: hostess of a bar. He then sends the picture to the head teacher and almost gets Shizuka put on probation for a week, to be fired if class 3-D does not get at least a 30 on their English mid-finals. In the manga, he is the first of his classmates to figure out that Shin likes Yankumi and gets Shin to admit so. In the manga, he is much more involved then in the anime or drama.

I'm a big fan of Gokusen but I still did not watch the movie T^T
You can learn something from that drama. Characters, acting, storyline...are awesome, funny moments are there ofc...n_n
I want Yankumi as my sensei, think I'm not the only one XD

Please watch if you have time

Overall: It's way funny! Really great for a laugh! (I kinda wanted Yamaguchi and Sawada to end up together though)
Storyline: A young, idealistic teacher enters Shirokin Gakuen with hopes of making a difference in her students' lives. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko (played by Nakama Yukie) soon finds out that she will be the homeroom teacher of 3-D, the worst class in the school. The class leader, Sawada Shin (played by Matsumoto Jun!), is lazy but bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is different from the other teachers. The students try to bully her to make her quit, but their attempts don't get them very far. Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to the Ooedo Group, a notorious yakuza clan adding twists and humour. The story is really funny (though a bit repetitive).
Music: Great. I still like listening to the theme song.
Characters: Sawada Shin and Uchi were my favorite characters! I fell in love with Matsumoto Jun and Oguri Shun because of this drama! (they're also in HYD together, if you didn't already know that).
Acting: Great and funny. Makama Yukie and all of the students were great actors.