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GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

19997.01h 48m

Overview

Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town's teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn't the sort of person who respects the town's newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn't much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai.

Directed by Masayuki Suzuki
Written by Tôru Fujisawa, Mitsuru Tanabe
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Top Cast

Takashi Sorimachi

Takashi Sorimachi

Onizuka Eikichi

Rena Tanaka

Rena Tanaka

Ayano Katsuragi

Norika Fujiwara

Norika Fujiwara

Kaoru Kitajima

Hideyuki Kasahara

Hideyuki Kasahara

Ichikawa Raku

Toshihito Ito

Toshihito Ito

Inuzuka

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Keisuke Katsuragi

Keiko Toda

Keiko Toda

Mitaen

Takashi Ukaji

Takashi Ukaji

Kudo

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Kawarasaki

Shugo Oshinari

Shugo Oshinari

Themes & Keywords

teacher

About GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka is a comedy, drama film released in 1999 exploring themes of teacher. Directed by Masayuki Suzuki, it stars Takashi Sorimachi, Rena Tanaka, Norika Fujiwara. Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town's teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn't the sort of person who respects the town's newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn't much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai.

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