"GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka" (1998) TV series

Writer:

Kazuhiko Yukawa (writer)

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Action | Adventure

Plot:

Also known as "Great Teacher Onizuka." Former juvenile delinquent Onizuka finds himself thrust into to role of high school teacher...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Modeling | High School Prank | Acting Audition | Revenge

Cast

Takashi Sorimachi	...	Onizuka Eikichi (13 episodes, 1998)
Nanako Matsushima	...	Fuyutsuki Azusa (13 episodes, 1998)
Aya Enjôji	...	Kotani Hiroko (12 episodes, 1998)
Naohito Fujiki	...	Saejima Ryuji (12 episodes, 1998)
Atsushi Harada	...	Todo Shinichi (12 episodes, 1998)
Tomoka Hayashi	...	Tsukushima Erika (12 episodes, 1998)
Kunihiko Ida	...	Teshigawara Yuu / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi	...	Murai Kunio (12 episodes, 1998)
Tae Kimura	...	Miyuki (12 episodes, 1998)
Kirari	...	Mizuki Nanako / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
Masahiro Kobayashi	...	Hakamada Hajime (12 episodes, 1998)
Yoshimasa Kondô	...	Nakamata Kouji (12 episodes, 1998)
Yôsuke Kubozuka	...	Kikuchi Yoshito / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
Miki Kuroda	...	Nomura Tomoko / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
Erika Mabuchi	...	Uchiyamada Yoshiko / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
Rikako Murakami	...	Murai Tsubasa / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
Aimi Nakamura	...	Aizawa Miyabi / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
Akira Nakao	...	Uchiyamada Hiroshi (12 episodes, 1998)
Baku Numata	...	Fujitomi Makoto (12 episodes, 1998)
Shun Oguri	...	Yoshikawa Noboru (12 episodes, 1998)
Eisuke Sasai	...	Todo Shinjin (12 episodes, 1998)
Minami Shirakawa	...	Oshima Chikako (12 episodes, 1998)
Reiko Tajima	...	Aizawa Reiko / ... (12 episodes, 1998)
Reiko Tate-i-shi	...	Uchiyamada Ryoko (12 episodes, 1998)
Hidenori Tokuyama	...	Yoda Kenji (12 episodes, 1998)
Yuta Yamazaki	...	Watanabe Masaru (12 episodes, 1998)

Also Known As:

GTO (short title)

Runtime:

60 min (12 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16

Company:

Fuji Television Network

Quotes:

Thug: You're Yakuza, aren't you? What "family" are you with?
Eikichi Onizuka: Class 2-C, idiot.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Puni puni poemi (2001) (V)

Soundtrack:

Poison

This is actually a very good series. It follows the same line as the manga and the live action, though it drags it out a little more.

This is actually a very good series. It follows the same line as the manga and the live action, though it drags it out a little more. Good if you want more GTO, bad if you're not so interested in all that filler.

The live action version was the most popular TV event in Japan's history, and remains so to this day. The drama it invokes when you think of this normal guy, whose life wasn't easy, who didn't become a teacher (mostly) to hit on girls in fukus, taking on these kids, and making them see that he, even if nobody else agrees, does not think they are trash.

He doesn't always assume that the adult is always on the right side of the argument, and he doesn't assume that these kids are automatically going to do wrong by him. However, he doesn't take their crap, and will not hesitate to call out his gang or dangle you over a roof to get his point across. Its a brilliantly done series, and one I VERY highly recommend.