Underplayed Gems

The Queen's Classroom (2005)

The Queen's Classroom poster
Original title
女王の教室
Directed by
Ootsuka Kyoji, Iwamoto Hitoshi, Watanabe Tomoaki
Cast
Amami Yuki, Shida Mirai, Fukuda Mayuko, Matsukawa Naruki, Hada Michiko, Hara Sachie, Omi Toshinori, Kaho
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 11 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
8.1 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A new elementary school teacher uses harsh and unorthodox punishments to control her students. One student resists while the others slowly break under the pressure.

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What happens

The Queen's Classroom (女王の教室, Joō no Kyōshitsu) is a live-action Japanese television drama about Maya Akutsu (Yūki Amami), a new teacher at Hanzaki Elementary School who strives for perfection and punishes her students in unorthodox manners. A 12-year-old student, Kazumi Kanda (Mirai Shida), has been able to withstand her strange punishments so far but the other 23 students begin to fold under the pressure. In the last episode, it recorded the highest viewership rating of 25.3% in Kantō region. On March 17 and 18, 2006, two special prequel episodes were aired, and it recorded the highest rating of 21.2%. A South Korean remake of the same title starring Go Hyun-jung in the lead role, was produced in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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