Gokusen (live-action movie)

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Alternative title:

ごくせん THE MOVIE (Japanese)

Plot Summary: Kumiko Yamaguchi while teaching the new delinquent class 3D at Akadou Academy, hears about Akadou Academy graduate Ren Kazama being suspected of dealing with drugs. With the help of Ren's former classmates and new teacher trainee Odagiri Ryu, she uncovers the truth and seeks out the ringleader.

Running time: 118 minutes

Vintage: 2009-07-11

Premiere date:

2009-07-11 (Japan)

Release dates: We have 2

Ending Theme:

"Plumeria ~Hana Uta~" (プルメリア〜花唄〜) by Aqua Timez

Official website:

日テレDVD｜ごくせん THE MOVIE (Japanese)

「ごくせん THE MOVIE」DVD＆ブルーレイ、「ごくせん 2002 DVD-BOX」発売記念スペシャルキャンペーンサイト (Japanese)

ごくせん THE MOVIE - 映画・映像｜東宝WEB SITE (Japanese)

News: Show: 2 +4 ref.

Japan's Animation TV Ranking, June 25-July 1 (Jul 7, 2012)

Gokusen the Movie's Trailer Streamed Online (May 29, 2009)

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Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director: Tōya Satō

Screenplay:
Michiru Egashira
Yūko Matsuda

Music: Michiru Ōshima

Original creator: Kozueko Morimoto

Executive producer:
Katsuhiro Masukata
Seiji Okuda
Takeshi Inoue

Producer:
Kazuhisa Kitajima
Masatoshi Katō (加藤正俊)
Masayuki Higashiyama
Naoto Hatakeyama
Tetsuhiro Ogino
Tetsuya Sakashita

Assistant producer:
Kaori Suzuki
Kuniko Yanai
Masato Okaguchi

Chief Executive Producer:
Fumihiro Hirai (VAP)
Julie K. Fujishima (J Storm)
Kazuhiko Torishima (Shueisha)
Noboru Ootsuki (Yomiuri Shimbun)
Shin'ichirō Nishigaki (Yomiuri TV)
Tōru Horikoshi (Nippon TV)
Toru Ogi (Production Ogi)
Yoshishige Shimatani (TOHO)

Co-executive producer:
Hiroko Hazeyama
Naoki Suganuma
Takashi Kamikura

Music producer:
Keiichi Ito
Satoshi Hirakawa

Music Production Assistant: Midori Honda

Original Work Cooperation:
Kazutoshi Saito (YOU Editorial Department)
Masahiro Hanzawa (YOU Editorial Department)

Production Committee:
Akihiro Yamauchi (TOHO)
Akiyo Sasahara (Yomiuri Shimbun)
Bunta Toi (Nippon TV)
Eiji Itô (Yomiuri Shimbun)
Hikaru Onoda (TOHO)
Hiroko Nakamura (J Storm)
Hirotaka Suzuki (Sapporo TV)
Hiroyuki Okino (Shueisha)
Junsaku Miyoshi (Yomiuri TV)
Kaori Chanomae (VAP)
Katsuhiko Shibata (Shizuoka Daiichi TV)
Kazumi Tanaka (Yomiuri TV)
Kazuteru Harafuji (J Storm)
Masaaki Takano (Miyagi TV)
Masayuki Inoue (井上正之; Fukuoka Broadcasting)
Minami Ichikawa (TOHO)
Mitsuru Ōshima (VAP)
Motohiko Yasuoka (Shizuoka Daiichi TV)
Naoki Satō (Yomiuri Shimbun)
Naomi Kimura (木村尚美; Yomiuri TV)
Nobuhiro Kumasaka (Sapporo TV)
Nozomu Takahashi (Nippon TV)
Satoshi Adachi (Shueisha)
Satoshi Nakano (中野聡; Yomiuri Shimbun)
Suzuko Fujimoto (Nippon TV)
Tadahiro Nagatomi (VAP)
Takehiko Sato (佐藤雄彦; Miyagi TV)
Takeshi Sakai (酒井武; Fukuoka Broadcasting)
Taro Nagamatsuya (J Storm)
Tetsuaki Miyazaki (Chukyo TV)
Tomoko Sakoda (Nippon TV)
Tsuneo Ooyama (Shueisha)
Tsuyoshi Imamura (Shizuoka Daiichi TV)
Yōji Yamada (VAP)
Yoshifumi Izu (Fukuoka Broadcasting)
Yoshiko Nagasaki (Nippon TV)
Yukio Fukushima (福島由紀夫; Sapporo TV)

Screenplay Cooperation: Rie Yokota

Theme Song Arrangement: Aqua Timez

Theme Song Composition: Futoshi

Theme Song Lyrics: Futoshi

Theme Song Performance: Aqua Timez

Yukie Nakama as Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi

Haruma Miura as Ren Kazama

Yūta Tamamori as Ryōta Takasugi

Yuuya Takaki as Yamato Ogata

Hiroki Narimiya as Noda

Kazuya Kamenashi as Ryu Odagiri

Keisuke Koide as Kosuke Hyūga

Mokomichi Hayami as Hikaru Tsuchiya

Shun Oguri as Haruhiko "Uchi" Uchiyama

Shunya Shiraishi as Shunya Doi

Teppei Koike as Keita Takeda

Yuuma Ishigaku as Minami

Japanese companies

Distributor: TOHO

Music Recording Studio:
Kim Studios
Sound Inn Studios

Planning: Nippon Television Network

Production:
Akita Broadcasting System
Aomori Broadcasting Corporation
Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Fukui Broadcasting Corporation
Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation
Fukushima Central Television Co., Ltd.
Hiroshima TV
J Storm, Inc.
Kagoshima Yomiuri Television
Kitanihon Broadcasting
Kochi Broadcasting
KRY Yamaguchi
Kumamoto Kenmin Televisions
Miyagi Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Nagasaki International Television Broadcasting, Inc.
Nankai Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Nihonkai Telecasting Co., Ltd.
Nippon Television Network
Nishinippon Broadcasting
Production Ogi
Shikoku Broadcasting
Shizuoka Daiichi Television Corporation
Shueisha
Television Niigata Network Co., Ltd.
The Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
TOHO
TOS TV Oita
TV Iwate
TV Kanazawa
TV Shinshu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
VAP
Yamagata Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Yamanishi Broadcasting System
YTV

Production Management: Nippon Television Network

Production Studio: AX-ON

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