GTO: The Graduation Special
2013 · 88 min · ★ 6.9 · TV Movie, Comedy, Drama
The national university entrance examination is coming up and the students of Class 3/4, which Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA) is in charge of, enter exam mode. Onizuka who conducts career counselling for the students with assistant form teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa (Takimoto Miori), questions their mentality of aiming for a good university in order to get into a good company.
Directed by Kazuhisa Imai · Written by Junpei Yamaoka
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Ryohei Kurosawa Eikichi Onizuka -
Miori Takimoto Azusa Fuyutsuki -
Yu Shirota Ryuji Danma -
Yusuke Yamamoto Toshiyuki Saejima -
Ryosei Tayama Uchiyamada Hiroshi -
Hitomi Kuroki Sakurai Ryoko -
Masato Yano -
Ayano Fujisawa -
Nao Nagasawa -
Sugichan -
Eri Fuse -
Saori Takizawa
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