35-sai no Koukousei
35-sai no Koukousei | |
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Also known as | No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 |
Genre | School Life, Slice of life, Drama |
Starring | Ryoko Yonekura Junpei Mizobata Tetsuya Watari |
Narrated by | Rikiya Koyama |
Ending theme | "Flower Song" by EXILE[1] |
Composer | Masaru Yokoyama |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 11 episodes |
Production | |
Production locations | Tokyo, Japan |
Running time | Saturday at 21:00-21:54 (JST) |
Release | |
Original network | NTV |
Original release | 13 April 22 June 2013 | –
External links | |
Website |
35-sai no Koukousei (35歳の高校生, lit. No Dropping Out -Back to School at 35-[2]) is a 2013 NTV Japanese television drama, starring Ryoko Yonekura and Junpei Mizobata. It aired from 13 April 2013 to 22 June 2013 with a total of 11 episodes.
Synopsis[]
The drama centers around how a 35 year old changes the school and influences her classmates’ lives while dealing with the dark reality of today’s high schools, including bullying and skipping school.[3][4]
Plot[]
During the new semester in April, a woman suddenly appeared at Kunikida High. She was to be a new student in a class for 3rd year high school students. The other students in the class wondered who she truly was, and what her true intention for going back to school at 35 years old was. She did what ordinary high school students were expected to do, i.e. wearing school uniform and doing homework. However, she was clearly different. She went to school in an expensive car. During break time, she smoked with a teacher. After school, she drank beer. No one knows what she was up to, but they know, she was able to change people. She questioned the system and fought to change it. She tried to solve the problems faced by high school students, for example, bullying. She helped her classmates and befriended them, whilst trying to survive high school and put her tragic past behind her. Nevertheless, there is no secret that can be kept forever, and eventually the truth had to be let out... even if that meant having to confront her past.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Ryoko Yonekura as Ayako Baba
- Mayu Matsuoka as young Ayako
- Junpei Mizobata as Junichi Koizumi
Faculty Members[]
- Tetsuya Watari as Yukinobu Asada
- Nana Katase as Akiri Nagamine
- Takeshi Masu as Makio Ninagawa
- as Takashi Saruwatari
- Hiroki Aiba as Ryuichiro Kitajima
- as Wataru Iseya
- as Koichi Higuchi
- Megumi Yokoyama as Yuki Mayuzumi
- as Yoshio Noda
Class 3-A[]
- Taiko Katono as Ryota Otake
- as Yuna Izumi
- Fujiko Kojima as Moe Kokubun
- Yua Shinkawa as Mitsuki Kudo
- Masaki Suda as Masamitsu Tsuchiya
- Mahiro Takasugi as Ren Higashi
- as Teppei Saegusa
- Shuhei Nomura as Osamu Yukawa
- Alice Hirose as Rina Hasegawa
- as Mai Yuki
- Elina Mizuno as Ai Yamashita
- as Rikako Hatori
- Aoi Morikawa as Hitomi Eto
- Kento Yamazaki as Ryo Akutsu
- Masami Imai as Rin Sato
- as Momoko Ueda
- as Yuta Shimizu
- as Hitoshi Okura
- as Tetsuya Jinbo
- as Shinichi Kashiwagi
- as Yuji Matsumoto
- as Keiko Hirakawa
- as Goki Murata
- as Yosuke Shinohara
- as Yui Matsushita
- as Sayuri Tachibana
Guest Cast[]
- (episode 1)
- as Rina Hasegawa’s father (episode 1)
- as Rina Hasegawa’s mother (episode 1)
- as a high school teacher (episode 1)
- as a news reporter (episode 1)
- Marie Ueda as a news reporter (episode 1)
- Takashi Ukaji as Ai Yamashita's father (episode 2)
- as a police Officer (episode 2)
- as the woman Ai tries to steal from (episode 2)
- as a parent (episode 2)
- as a parent (episode 2)
- as a parent (episode 2)
- (episode 2)
- Shoji Kamata (episode 2)
Production Credits[]
- Screenwriters: Yamaura Masahiro, Takahashi Yuya
- Chief Producer: Ohira Futoshi
- Producers: Ikeda Kenji, Akimoto Takayuki, Taka Aki
- Directors:Sakuma Noriyoshi, Nagumo Seiichi, Nishino Maki
- Music: Yokoyama Masaru
Episode Ratings[]
Episode | Broadcast Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) [5] |
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01 | 13 April 2013 | 14.7% |
02 | 20 April 2013 | 12.9% |
03 | 27 April 2013 | 15.1% |
04 | 4 May 2013 | 14.7% |
05 | 11 May 2013 | 12.9% |
06 | 18 May 2013 | 12.1% |
07 | 25 May 2013 | 11.3% |
08 | 1 June 2013 | 12.7% |
09 | 8 June 2013 | 9.9% |
10 | 15 June 2013 | 13.1% |
11 | 22 June 2013 | 14.7% |
Average | 13.3% |
References[]
- ^ (in Japanese) そのお話をもとにこの『Flower Song』は、一人一人の命を、花に例え、冬から春になる、色鮮やかなイメージを、歌にしました。
- ^ http://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/2013/05/no-dropping-out--back-to-school-at-35-.html
- ^ Production press conference of "35-sai no Koukousei". Retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ^ (in Japanese) 米倉涼子“同級生”を絶賛「かなり嫌い 怖くて泣いてました」. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ^ (in Japanese) 全放送回と平均の出典。35歳の高校生 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能、。 Archived 2015-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
External links[]
- Official Website (in Japanese)
- 35-sai no Koukousei at IMDb
- Japanese drama television series
- 2013 Japanese television series debuts
- 2013 Japanese television series endings
- Television series about bullying