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Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP

Genres

Drama

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In 1988, Hokkaido's Hokusei Yoichi High School became the first high school in Japan to accept students who had previously dropped out of high school from nationwide. This special follows Yoshiie Hiroyuki (based on a former graduate of Hokusei Yoichi) and his friends from the time they enroll in the school during it's first year accepting delinquents. This is a brilliant tale of troubled youths trying to break free from their former lives- fighting through various gut-wrenching challenges on their way- while the teachers struggle to help them every step of the way.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

117 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

27 March 2005

Country

Japan

Cast

Sho Sakurai

Sho Sakurai

Yoshiie Hiroyuki

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Ando Yukiko [Teacher]

Shota Matsuda

Shota Matsuda

Takahashi Noriyuki

Natsuki Harada

Natsuki Harada

Kanai Shiho

Shunsuke Kazama

Shunsuke Kazama

Mukai Kenji

Ryo Kimura

Ryo Kimura

Izumi Mamoru

Sei Hiraizumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Igaue Naoki

Guts Ishimatsu

Guts Ishimatsu

Onodera Takashi

Kiyoshi Nishikawa

Kiyoshi Nishikawa

Sakuraba Sadao

Baku Ohwada

Baku Ohwada

Yoshiie Toshio

Keizo Kanie

Keizo Kanie

Takahashi Jinichi

Yoshie Ichige

Yoshie Ichige

Kanai Sayoko

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Iwazaki Tooru [Teacher]

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