Botchan
2016, Japanese. Directed by Masayuki Suzuki.
Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Masayuki SuzukiDirector
- Kazunari NinomiyaBotchan
- Nao MatsushitaMadonna
- Arata FurutaYama Arashi
- Norito YashimaNodaiko
- Koji YamamotoUranari
- Naoki MatayoshiSoseki Natsume
- Machiko WashioCast
- Mitsuhiro OikawaRed Shirt
- Koichi SatoPhysics School Principal
- Yuko AsanoMadonna’s mother
- Kaoru KobayashiMadonna’s father
- Ittoku KishibeTanuki
Details
- Released
- 3 January 2016
- Original title
- 坊っちゃん
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Atsuko Hashibe
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Botchan runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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What movies are like Botchan?
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Who directed Botchan?
Botchan (2016) was directed by Masayuki Suzuki and stars Kazunari Ninomiya, Nao Matsushita, Arata Furuta.