Majo no Joken
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is a drama
series that aired in Japan
on TBS
in 1999. This drama features Nanako Matsushima of Great Teacher Onizuka
fame and Hideaki Takizawa of Johnny's group Tackey & Tsubasa.
, implying that the protagonists are being despised by their families and the society.
Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her. Hikaru, a 17-year-old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother and having been expelled from many high schools for bad behavior, enters Michi's class as a new transfer student. As their relationship grows they realize that they both feel that they have lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society's judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
series that aired in Japan
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on TBS
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in 1999. This drama features Nanako Matsushima of Great Teacher Onizuka
Great Teacher Onizuka
, officially abbreviated as GTO, is a Japanese shōnen manga written and illustrated by Tohru Fujisawa. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from May 1997 to April 2002. The story focuses on 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member Eikichi Onizuka, who becomes a teacher at a private high...
fame and Hideaki Takizawa of Johnny's group Tackey & Tsubasa.
Synopsis
The series tells a story of the love between a high school teacher Michi Hirose and her student Hikaru. The term Majo, which could be roughly translated as witch, references from the medieval practice of witch-huntWitch-hunt
A witch-hunt is a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, mass hysteria and lynching, but in historical instances also legally sanctioned and involving official witchcraft trials...
, implying that the protagonists are being despised by their families and the society.
Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her. Hikaru, a 17-year-old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother and having been expelled from many high schools for bad behavior, enters Michi's class as a new transfer student. As their relationship grows they realize that they both feel that they have lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society's judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.
Cast
- Matsushima Nanako as Hirose Michi (26)
- Takizawa Hideaki as Kurosawa Hikaru (17)
- Bessho Tetsuya as Kitai Masaru (30) (Michi's fiancee)
- Ozawa Rin as Sugai Miharu (21) (Hikaru's home tutor)
- Nishida Naomi as Uda Kiriko (26) (Masaru's colleague & Michi's friend)
- Yamada Maiko as Kinoshita Jun (17) (Hikaru's classmate)
- Yamaguchi Yuichiro as Godai Yu (42) (Doctor at Kurosawa Hospital)
- Tayama Ryosei as Okajima Sensei (50) (Ryousei High School Director)
- Nukumizu Youichi as Matsuoka Sensei (35) (History teacher)
- Tsunogae Kazue as Shimoda Shunin (45)
- Tsuji Kazunaga as Hirose Kenichi (59) (Michi's father)
- Shirakawa Yumi as Hirose Motoko (56) (Michi's mother)
- Kuroki Hitomi as Kurosawa Kyoko (39) (Hikaru's mother)