The read
The series ran 1 season across 5 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
Oshima Goro, a janitor of an elementary school, becomes a gifted teacher who teaches children that have fallen behind even though he has no licence. Single mother Akasaka Chiaki opposes formal education in schools during the war and sees the potential in a school to give coaching for a free, well-rounded education. The two of them become a couple both at work and at home, and create new history in the industry in this story depicting a family’s 50 years, set against the backdrop of the Showa to Heisei era.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
1 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 5 ep2019 |
Key crew
- Naoki SatoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Aya OmasaOshima Ran
- Hinako SakuraiOshima Nanami
- Issey TakahashiOshima Goro
- Mei KurokawaOshima Fukiko
- Jun FubukiAkasaka Yoriko
- Asuka KudoUeda Ichiro
- Hiromi NagasakuOshima Chiaki
- Rokkaku SeijiKokubunji Tsutomu
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookeducationelementary schoolromancejanitorschoolsingle motherhistoricalmother daughter relationship