Suzuki Sensei
2013 · 124 min · ★ 7.8 · Drama
Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki method". The new semester begins. His homeroom 2-A class is about to have a student council election and preparations for a school festival. A man then takes a female student hostage...
Directed by Hayato Kawai · Written by Ryota Kosawa
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Hiroki Hasegawa Akira Suzuki -
Asami Usuda Asami Hata -
Tao Tsuchiya Somi Ogawa -
Honoka Yahagi Kana Nakamura -
Tomoko Tabata Teacher Rika Momoi -
Shigeru Saiki Principal -
Denden Teacher Tatsuo Kawano -
Yasuko Tomita Teacher Taruko -
Jutta Yuki Teacher Tsuzuki -
So Yamanaka Teacher Okada -
Masahiro Toda Teacher Kenji Ishigaki -
Shiiko Utagawa Teacher Goi
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