Once upon a time or more precisely 2004, Mimura was in a jdorama about a night school called Medaka and it was good. Its definitely on the list of jdoramas that I would like to revisit.
Then Mimura was in a jdorama with Mizuki Arisa called Saito-san which was very good and must watch. I also recommend everyone avoid Saito-san 2.
10 years later in 2014, Mizuki Arisa starred in another night school jdorama except the gimmick this time is that she was the mama of a snack. It definitely feels like things have come full circle and on top of it, Renbutsu Misako is in Yoru no Sensei.
So first episode goes exactly to the GTO formula. Teacher brings Mizuki Arisa to teach the night school to challenge the evil school principle and condition is that the teacher will resign if any of the students quit.
We all know how the GTO formula works. The question is how entertaining the stories behind the students are and how much the show can make us care about them.
The story has a build in advantage because everyone in the class are underdogs who are trying to get somewhere in life so the audience is already rooting for them by default.
Thanks to evasive for subbing this 2014 show. I am not expecting too much but I am hoping for some feel good entertainment that won't try too hard to feel good.
HPriest translated interview with WOWOW producer. It might be interesting for you. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LP3dDe7SIgqDTtn81Px_WQcxGQG3ti3cfaEh-2ha3J8/edit
ReplyDelete@Anon: Thank you for the link of HPriest's translation! Okano Makiko produced two of my favourite WOWOW shows, Mosaic Japan and Zainin no Uso.
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