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is a Japanese 2005 drama series by TBS. The story is based on a manga of the same name by Norifusa Mita, which won the Kodansha Manga Award in 2005 and an Excellence Prize at the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Contents

Plot

Episodes

Cast

Staff

External links

Plot

Kenji Sakuragi is a poor lawyer and ex-motorcycle gang member looking for an opportunity to boost his career. His chance finally comes with the nearly bankrupt and notorious Ryuuzan High School, referred to as "baka gakkou" (stupid school) by some. There, he sets up a special class that aims to prepare five students to take and pass the entrance exam of ''Toudai'' (Tokyo University).

Episodes

	'Episode title'	'Romanized title'	'Broadcast date'	'Ratings'
Ep. 1	バカとブスこそ東大へ行け	''Baka to busu koso Toudai e ike''	July 8 2005	17.5%
Ep. 2	自分の弱さを知れ!	''Jibun no yowasa wo shire!''	July 15 2005	16.5%
Ep. 3	遊べ!受験はスポーツだ!	''Asobe! Juken wa supootsu da!''	July 22 2005	13.8%
Ep. 4	壁にぶつかるまで我慢しろ	''Kabe ni butsukaru made gaman shiro''	July 29 2005	16.1%
Ep. 5	泣くな!お前の人生だ!	''Nakuna! Omae no jinsei da!''	August 5 2005	16.8%
Ep. 6	英語対決!勝負だバカ6人	''Eigo taiketsu! Shoubu da baka rokunin''	August 12 2005	17.9%
Ep. 7	見返してやる!東大模試	''Mikaeshite yaru! Toudai moshi''	August 19 2005	15.6%
Ep. 8	バカの涙･･･夏休み課外授業	''Baka no namida... Natsuyasumi kagai jugyou''	August 26 2005	17.0%
Ep. 9	信じろ!成績は必ず上がる	''Shinjiro! Seiseki wa kanarazu agaru''	September 2 2005	14.5%
Ep. 10	友情か受験か?最後の決断	''Yuujou ka juken ka? Saigo no ketsudan''	September 9 2005	14.5%
Ep. 11	お前らはもうバカじゃない!運命の合格発表!	''Omaera wa mou baka janai! Unmei no goukaku happyou!''	September 16 2005	20.3%

Cast

★ Hiroshi Abe - Kenji Sakuragi

★ Kyoko Hasegawa - Mamako Ino

★ Tomohisa Yamashita - Yuusuke Yajima

★ Masami Nagasawa - Naomi Mizuno

★ Teppei Koike - Hideki Ogata

★ Yui Aragaki - Yoshino Kousaka

★ Akiyoshi Nakao - Ichirou Okuno

★ Saeko - Maki Kobayashi

★ Yoko Nogiwa - Yuriko Tatsuno

★ Yosuke Saitou - Vice-Principal Kondou

★ David Ito - Masanao Ochiai

Staff

★ Producers - Kouichi Enda, Mayumi Shimizu

★ Directors - Renpei Tsukamoto, Marehiro Karaki, Takashi Komatsu

★ Screenwriter - Takehiko Hata

★ Music - Kyo Nakanishi
The theme song of the show is "realize" by melody. and the insert song "Colorful" by Tomohisa Yamashita.

External links

★ Official website

★ Dragon Zakura - at DramaWiki