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女教師

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Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan

How it feels

A former English teacher who lost confidence after a past incident and quit teaching, later married and divorced, returns to the profession. She is shocked to find herself working as a colleague with her ex-husband at the same school.

melancholictenseunderstatedemotionalslow-burnintrospectiveunsettlingdramatic

What happens

女教師(おんなきょうし)はテレビ朝日系列で1998年7月2日 - 9月17日に放送されたテレビドラマ。高島礼子の連ドラ初主演作。 桂木美沙子はかつて英語教師として教鞭を執っていたが、ある事件が元で教師としての自信を失って退職。それと同時に杉本裕之と結婚するも、半年前に離婚していた。そんな美沙子が教師として復職、校長と教頭にあいさつを済ませた後、職員室へ行くといきなり驚きの声が。美沙子は裕之と同じ学校の教師として同僚になったのだった…週刊TVガイド 1998年7月3日号 p.98 本作の記事。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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