Details
Title: ライオン先生
Title (English): Lion Sensei
Format: Renzoku
Genre: School, comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings:
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2003-Oct-13 to 2003-Dec=15
Air time: Monday 22:00
Theme song:
- Love, Peace & Soul by SOUL'd OUT
- Lost Wing by Lyrico
When it comes to hair, Naoto Takenaka trumps all the competition. He will boast a mustache, beard and toupee for his role in Lion Sensei, which begins Monday, Oct. 13 at 10 p.m. on NTV--and his hair is a very important part of the plotline, too. He is a classical literature teacher with 22 years experience who cannot bear to tell anyone the proud mane he displays is really a wig. When the reality of his predicament starts to really stress him out, his head gets unbearably itchy. Okay. This series should at least get a prize for originality. --Daily Yomiuri On-Line
Cast
Takenaka Naoto
Kaname Jun
Okamoto Aya
Watanabe Ikkei
Yamashita Shinji
Nishimura Masahiko
Kitamura Yu
Imada Koji
Koike Eiko
Murakami Jun
Hara Chiaki
Kazuki Saya
Danta Yasunori
Nakamaru Shinsho
Hida Yasuhito
Sato Yusuke
Miura Ryosuke
Otani Naoko
Kawazu Haru
Shiozawa Hidemasa
Hiraoka Yuta
Yamane Kazuma
Yamamoto Ayano
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Takeda Yuriko (武田百合子)
Producers: Tanaka Juichi (田中寿一), Horiguchi Yoshinori (堀口良則), Shimoda Kazuhisa (霜田一寿), Ikeda Sadako (池田禎子)
Directors: Odagiri Masaaki (小田切正明), Shirakawa Tsukasa (白川士)
Music: Mizoguchi Hajime