Our Textbook
| Our Textbook | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Yuji Sakamoto |
| Starring | Atsushi Itoh Miho Kanno Mirai Shida Shōsuke Tanihara |
| Ending theme | Water Me by Bonnie Pink |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Release | April 12 – June 28, 2007 |
Watashitachi no Kyōkasho (わたしたちの教科書, translated as Our Textbook) is a Japanese television drama that began airing on April 12, 2007 on Fuji TV. The series stars Miho Kanno and Atsushi Itoh. In the United States, it airs on AZN Television.
Plot
Kohei Kaji is a new substitute teacher at a school where he meets a troubled girl who he tries to help. Following her seemingly random death, Tamako Tsumiki, a lawyer, goes to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the student and the means that people will go to cover up the truth.
Main characters
Tamako Tsumiki
Tamako Tsumiki, is a lawyer investigating various ongoings in schools, especially those concerning the methods people will go to hide what is considered "dirty laundry". After Aizawa's accident, she attempts to visit her in the hospital but is told that Aizawa can not currently see anyone. Later on she and Kachi find a locker with Aizawa's books in them. To both of their surprise, Kaji and Tsumiki see the word "die" written all over her books, leading to think that she may have been pushed from the window and not fallen as an accident. When the two go to the school to show the books to the vice principal, they are told that Aizawa has died.
Tsumiki's boyfriend is Seri Naoyuki who is also a lawyer. He proposes to her in the first episode and she is unable to give an answer right away due to being somewhat distraught by Aizawa's death. She is 30 years old.
Kohei Kaji
Kohei Kaji is a new substitute teacher in the school, he often tries to get his students into learning and has a generally positive attitude towards them.
Cast
- Tamako Tsumiki (積木 珠子, Tsumiki Tamako) - Miho Kanno (菅野 美穂, Kanno Miho)
- Kohei Kaji (加地 耕平, Kaji Kōhei) - Atsushi Itoh (伊藤 淳史, Itō Atsushi)
- Naoyuki Seri (瀬里 直之, Seri Naoyuki) - Shōsuke Tanihara (谷原 章介, Tanihara Shōsuke)
- Asuka Aizawa (藍沢 明日香, Aizawa Asuka) - Mirai Shida (志田未来, Shida Mirai)
- Saki Oshiro (大城 早紀, Ōshiro Saki) - Yoko Maki (真木 よう子, Maki Yōko)
- Nozomi Yoshikoshi (吉越 希美, Yoshikoshi Nozomi) - Wakana Sakai (酒井 若菜, Sakai Wakana)
- Atsuhiko Toita (戸板 篤彦, Toita Atsuhiko) - Okura Koji (大倉 孝二, Ōkura Kōji)
- Daisuke Yahata (八幡 大輔, Yahata Daisuke) - Hiro Mizushima (水嶋 ヒロ, Mizushima Hiro)
- Shigeichi Kumazawa (熊沢 茂市, Kumazawa Shigeichi) - Jiro Sato (佐藤 二朗, Satō Jirō)
- Otoya Amegi (雨木 音也, Amegi Otoya) - Shunji Igarashi (五十嵐 隼士, Igarashi Shunji)
- Masashi Uda (宇田 昌史, Uda Masashi) - Yasuyuki Maekawa (前川 泰之, Maekawa Yasukawa)
- Masumi Amegi (雨木 真澄, Amegi Masumi) - Jun Fubuki (風吹 ジュン, Fubuki Jun)