GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998)

Season 1

Eikichi Onizuka, former gang leader, becomes a teacher of a class of students who torment their teachers and fellow students. Of course they do not do this out of whim, they have their reasons. Onizuka is charged by the chairlady to help these troubled students into a more healthy adulthood, and help rehabilitate the teachers in the process as well.

Released July 7, 1998 Episode 45 min None+

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama

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Production Companies: Kansai Television, Fuji Television Network

Network: Fuji TV

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

8.4

/3988/

Trakt

/131/

TMDb

/38/

Letterboxd

3.7

/322/

Masayuki Suzuki
Director

Takashi Sorimachi
Onizuka Eikichi

Nanako Matsushima
Fuyutsuki Azusa

Baku Numata
Makoto Fujitomi

Aya Enjoji
Hiroko Kotani

Naohito Fujiki
Ryuji Saejima

Yosuke Kubozuka
Kikuchi Yoshito

Aimi Nakamura
Aizawa Miyabi

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Kunio Murai

7.0

S1E1 - First, I'm a Teacher

A former delinquent and gang member's dreams to become a teacher come true but on the condition that he will quit immediately if he causes any problems. Onizuka is handed the most notorious 2-4 class and the students are already prepared with plans to get him sacked. But his righteous thoughts and strong will help him slowly change the students' hearts one at a time.

July 7, 1998, midnight