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Botchan

8.320162h MovieDrama

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.…

DirectorMasayuki Suzuki

WriterAtsuko Hashibe

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Cast · Directed by Masayuki Suzuki

Kazunari Ninomiya

Kazunari Ninomiya

Nao Matsushita

Arata Furuta

Norito Yashima

Koji Yamamoto

Naoki Matayoshi

Naoki Matayoshi

Machiko Washio

Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Koichi Sato

Physics School Principal

Yuko Asano

Madonna’s mother

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Madonna’s father

Ittoku Kishibe

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