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GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town's teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn't the sort of person who respects the town's newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn't much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai.

Credits

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Cast

Name Character
Takashi Sorimachi He was 25, now 50 years old as Onizuka Eikichi
Rena Tanaka She was 19, now 44 years old as Ayano Katsuragi
Norika Fujiwara She was 28, now 53 years old as Ayano Katsuragi

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Crew

Name Department
Takayuki Hattori as Music. He was 34 (now 58) years old Sound
Masayuki Suzuki as Director. He was 43 (now 68) years old Directing
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka poster
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (24 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, December 18, 1999
  • Runtime: 108 minutes