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Teacher Gappa
Twenty-four-year-old country bumpkin Aiko is a new teacher who has arrived at a new town and a new primary school. When nervous she blurts out her local dialect. This seals her nickname and reputation. Nonetheless, she is determined and strives to do her best for her students. She is an inspiration soon.
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Twenty-four-year-old country bumpkin Aiko is a new teacher who has arrived at a new town and a new primary school. When nervous she blurts out her local dialect. This seals her nickname and reputation. Nonetheless, she is determined and strives to do her best for her students. She is an inspiration soon.
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Genre:TV Movie, Drama
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Runtime:108 minutes
Studio:K-Factory, Nippon Television Network Corporation
Cast
Masahiro Kunimoto
Director
Fumi Nikaido
Aiko Muramoto
Kentaro Sakaguchi
Ryuji Saeki
Tomoko Tabata
Chiharu Yamazaki
Takuro Ohno
Makoto Muramoto
Yoshimasa Kondo
Yoshimasa Kondo
Sadao Abe
Sentaro Osawa
Kayoko Kishimoto
Noriko Muramoto
Ruiki Sato
Ryo Nakajima
Kanau Tanaka
Katsuo Osawa
Hiromi Iwasaki
Yumi Tachibana's Mother
Rinka Kakihara
Yumi Tachibana
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