Dragon Zakura
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| ドラゴン桜 (Doragon Zakura) |
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| Genre | Drama |
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| Author | Norifusa Mita |
| Publisher |  Kodansha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Morning |
| Original run | October 23, 2003 |
| Volumes | 18 |
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| Director | Renpei Tsukamoto, Marehiro Karaki, Takashi Komatsu |
| Network | TBS |
| Original run | July 8 – September 16, 2005 |
| Time slot | Fridays at 10 p.m. |
| Episodes | 11 |
Dragon Zakura (ドラゴン桜 Doragon Zakura?) is a Japanese manga by Norifusa Mita, which won the 2005 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga and an Excellence Prize at the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival.[1] It was adapted as a television drama series broadcast on TBS in 2005.
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[edit] Plot
Kenji Sakuragi is a poor lawyer and ex-motorcycle gang member looking for an opportunity to boost his career. His chance finally comes with the nearly bankrupt and notorious Ryuuzan High School, referred to as "baka gakkou" (stupid school) by some. There, he sets up a special class that aims to prepare five students to take and pass the entrance exam of Toudai (Tokyo University).
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[edit] Episodes
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[edit] Cast
- Teachers
- Hiroshi Abe - Kenji Sakuragi(lawyer, homeroom teacher for the special class)
- Kyōko Hasegawa - Mamako Ino(English teacher from Ryūzan High School, takes care of History class for the special class)
- Yōko Nogiwa - Yuriko Tatsuno(Director of Ryūzan High School, wife of former owner)
- Yōsuke Saitō - Tokihisa Kondō(Vice-Principal of Ryūzan High School)
- David Ito - Masanao Ochiai(teacher from Ryūzan High School)
- Tōru Shinagawa - Tetsunosuke Yanagi(Math teacher for the special class)
- Minori Terada - Ryūzaburō Akutayama(Japanese teacher for the special class)
- Susumu Kobayashi - Shutaro Ain(Science teacher for the special class)
- Akio Kaneda - Hiroshi Kawaguchi(English teacher for the special class)
- Shin Yazawa - Nozomi Yamamoto, Mamako's friend, a teacher of Shūmeikan High School.
- Students of the special class
- Tomohisa Yamashita - Yūsuke Yajima(member of the special class)
- Masami Nagasawa - Naomi Mizuno(member of the special class)
- Teppei Koike - Hideki Ogata(member of the special class)
- Yui Aragaki - Yoshino Kōsaka(member of the special class)
- Akiyoshi Nakao - Ichirō Okuno(member of the special class)
- Saeko - Maki Kobayashi(member of the special class)
- Family members of special class students
- Mako Ishino - Setsuko Yajima(Yūsuke's mother)
- Jun Miho - Yūko Mizuno(Naomi's mother)
- Kei Sunaga - Kōsei Ogata(Hideki's father)
- Tomoko Aihara - Mariko Ogata(Hideki's mother)
- Yōko Kurita - Megumi Kōsaka(Yoshino's mother)
- Kazuko Katō - Miyako Okuno(Ichirō's mother)
- Momosuke Mizutani - Jirō Okuno(Ichirō's twins brother. Student of Shūmeikan High School)
- Nobue Iketani - Mitsue Kobayashi(Maki's mother)
- Other students of Ryūzan High School
- Akari Hori - Asumi Toda(working as an Idol, sending Maki e-mails from workplaces repeatedly)
- Ayano Gunji - Saori Abe(Naomi's friend, asking Naomi to introduce her Yūsuke)
- Others
- Hiroki Murakami - Yoshio Tanaka, one of two guys who Nozomi is going out with. Tokyo University alumnus.
- Mitsuru Karahashi - Yasushi Sawamatsu, the other guy who Nozomi is going out with.
[edit] Staff
- Producers - Kouichi Enda, Mayumi Shimizu
- Directors - Renpei Tsukamoto, Marehiro Karaki, Takashi Komatsu
- Screenwriter - Takehiko Hata
- Music - Kyo Nakanishi
The theme song of the show is "realize" by melody. and the insert song "Colorful" by Tomohisa Yamashita.
[edit] References
- ^ Joel Hahn. Kodansha Manga Awards. Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
[edit] External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Dragon Zakura (English) - at DramaWiki
