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Dragon Sakura

Dragon Sakura

20057.72 Seasons21 EpisodesEndedTV-PG

Overview

A struggling lawyer, Kenji Sakuragi, takes a position at private school Tatsuyama Gakuen to pay off his debts. Kenji decides to try to turn this hopeless school into one of the elite institutions in Japan to help rejuvenate his career. His barometer of success will be to get five of his students admitted to the prestigious Tokyo University the following year. But rather than cramming them with lots of general information, his down-to-earth class concentrates on unknown techniques for passing the entrance examination and how to live a good life in these turbulent times. His refreshing outlook and strategy may just be what is needed to turn around the future prospects of himself and his students and teach the rest of us a thing or two as well!

Created by Norifusa Mita
Written by Norifusa Mita
Produced by Kazutaka Iida
NetworksTBS

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Top Cast

Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi Abe

Kenji Sakuragi

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Naomi Mizuno

Sara Minami

Sara Minami

Nao Hayase

Kaito Takahashi

Kaito Takahashi

Akira Seto

Yurina Hirate

Yurina Hirate

Kaede Iwasaki

Seishirou Katou

Seishirou Katou

Kouichirou Amano

Ouji Suzuka

Ouji Suzuka

Ryou Fuji

Sara Shida

Sara Shida

Mari Kousugi

Kanata Hosoda

Kanata Hosoda

Kenda Hara

Sho Nishigaki

Sho Nishigaki

Iwai Yoshinobu

Themes & Keywords

guest teachersacademic boot camp

About Dragon Sakura

Dragon Sakura is a drama, comedy series that first aired in 2005 exploring themes of guest teachers, academic boot camp. Created by Norifusa Mita, it stars Hiroshi Abe, Masami Nagasawa, Sara Minami. A struggling lawyer, Kenji Sakuragi, takes a position at private school Tatsuyama Gakuen to pay off his debts. Kenji decides to try to turn this hopeless school into one of the elite institutions in Japan to help rejuvenate his career. His barometer of success will be to get five of his students admitted to the prestigious Tokyo University the following year. But rather than cramming them with lots of general information, his down-to-earth class concentrates on unknown techniques for passing the entrance examination and how to live a good life in these turbulent times. His refreshing outlook and strategy may just be what is needed to turn around the future prospects of himself and his students and teach the rest of us a thing or two as well!

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