Dragon Zakura
ドラゴン桜 (Romaji: Dragon Zakura) is a Japanese dorama based on a manga of the same name. It aired in the summer season of 2005.
Dragon Zakura is about a washed up lawyer named Sakuragi Kenji (Abe Hiroshi) who tries to turn a bankrupt school for delinquents around in order to save his career. He organizes a "special class" which meets separately from the rest of the school and that has only one goal in mind: Tokyo University. Through some scheming, he recruits six students (Yajima Yuusuke, Mizuno Naomi, Ogata Hideki, Kousaka Yoshino, Okuno ichirou, and Kobayashi Maki) and a "slave" teacher (Ino Mamako) to do his bidding and they begin their long way towards the Tokyo University Entrance Exams.
Contents
Manga
The original Dragon Zakura manga was written by Mita Norifusa (三田紀房) and published in 2003.
Dorama
The dorama version of Dragon Zakura was broadcast from July 8th, 2005 to September 16th, 2005. The theme song is "realize" by melody. and the insert song is "Colorful" by Yamashita Tomohisa. Dragon Zakura consists of 11 episodes.
Cast
- Abe Hiroshi as Sakuragi Kenji
- Hasegawa Kyoko as Ino Mamako
- Yamashita Tomohisa as Yajima Yuusuke
- Nagasawa Masami as Mizuno Naomi
- Koike Teppei as Ogata Hideki
- Aragaki Yui as Kousaka Yoshino
- Nakao Akiyoshi as Okuno Ichirou
- Saeko as Kobayashi Maki
- Nogiwa Yoko as Tatsuno Yuriko (School Board Head)
- Saitou Yosuke as Vice-principal Kondou
- David Ito as Teacher Ochiai Masanao
- Andou Ryouji as Teacher
- Tsukiyama Mayumi as a Teacher
- Aoyama Masaru as a Teacher
- Ishino Mako as Mrs. Yajima
- Miho Jun as Mrs. Mizuno
- Sunaga Kei as Mr. Ogata
- Aihara Yuko as Mrs. Ogata
- Mizutani Momosuke as Okuno Jirou
- Terada Minori as Teacher Akutayama Ryuuzaburou (Litterature)
- Kaneda Akio as Teacher Kawaguchi Hiroshi (English)
- Kobayashi Susumu as Teacher Ain Shuutarou (Physics)
- Shinagawa Toru as Teacher Yanagi Tetsunosuke (Mathematics)
- Yazawa Shin as Yamamoto Nozomi (Mamako's Friend)
- Murakami Hiroki as Tanaka Yoshio
- Karahashi Mitsuru as Sawamatsu Yasushi
Awards
- 46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor (Abe Hiroshi)
