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Details

* Title: 太陽と海の教室
* Title (romaji): Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: School drama
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2008-Jul
* Air time: Monday 21:00

Synopsis

Oda Yuji plays a teacher who guides a group of seniors at a prep school in Shonan, though his character is described as "stupid."

Cast

* Oda Yuji
* Keiko Kitagawa
* Okada Masaki
* Kitano Kii
* Hamada Gaku
* Yoshitaka Yuriko
* Tomiura Satoshi
* Kagimoto Akira (鍵本輝)
* Tanimura Mitsuki
* Yamamoto Yusuke
* Kurose Manami
* Nakamura Yuichi
* Omasa Aya (大政絢)
* Kaku Kento (賀来賢人)
* Maeda Atsuko


Production Credits

* Screenwriter: Sakamoto Yuji
* Producer: Murase Ken (村瀬健)
* Directors: Wakamatsu Setsuro, Tanimura Masaki


Fuji TV announced a few more cast details for "Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu," the drama series that will run in its flagship Monday 9:00pm time slot next season. The show was formally revealed on Wednesday, with Yuji Oda starring as a teacher and a bevy of young stars playing his students.

Fumiyo Kohinata is playing the school's director, while Keiko Toda serves under him as the principal. Other teachers will be played by Norito Yashima (mathematics), Michiko Kichise (English), and Tetsuhiro Ikeda (music).

In addition to the students announced previously (which include Yusuke Yamamoto, Masaki Okada, Kie Kitano, Yuriko Yoshitaka, and Mitsuki Tanimura), the show's website reveals Manami Kurose, Yuichi Nakamura, Aya Omasa, Kento Kaku, and Atsuko Maeda.

source : tokyograph

Keiko Kitagawa to co-star with Yuji Oda
Wed, June 11, 2008 (12:56am EDT)

Young actress Keiko Kitagawa has been officially confirmed as the female lead in Fuji TV's "Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu." The series stars popular actor Yuji Oda as a teacher at a college prep high school.

Kitagawa got her first starring role in TV Asahi's "Mop Girl" last year, and now she will be in the spotlight of Fuji TV's high-profile Monday night time slot. In "Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu," she plays a former Miss Todai winner who has just started her career as a teacher.

The drama series starts next month.

source: tokyograph