AKA: Blackboard: Future
Genre: History, School
Broadcast date: 05 Apr 2012
Cast: Sakurai Sho, Oshima Yuko, Miyazawa Rie
and Nakamura Aoi.
This is the first out of 3 stories about
the school system changing in Japan.
In 1944 Shirahama Shohei (Sakurai Sho)
proudly announced to his class that he would be going to war fighting the
Americans in the Second World War. Encouraging his students to do the same
after they graduate, he leaves filled with honor and pride, fighting what he
calls the ‘Holywar’.
Three years later and the war has ended,
Shohei returns home from the frontline, he is shocked how people from his own
town are acting, and mostly how drastic the school system had changed. Losing
an arm in a bombing situation, Shohei returns to find out that his father,
brother and brother-in-law both lost their lives in the war, leaving him as the
sole man in the house. Returning to school, he is offered a job, in which he
decides to call together his former students, to see how they are. But out of
40 students 6 students join, blaming him for the loss of their friends. Realizing
what he has done, Shohei starts to doubt his capabilities as a teacher…
Hmm, as I said before, I like school
dramas, and I like Arashi, but somehow this didn’t go that far for me. It is
very interesting, from a history point of view, but I didn’t really feel the ‘school’
in this. I liked Sho’s performance, and I enjoyed the special, I did honestly.
But it was not what I had expected, and it didn’t really “fill” me, meaning I
didn’t feel I got enough.
I can’t really say much, except that it
has heart, and it shows a teacher growing with his pain and changing his life.
I would recommend if you like history and if you like Sakurai Sho.
☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5
stars
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