Details
Title: 太陽と海の教室
Title (romaji): Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu
Also known as: Homeroom on the Beachside
Format: Renzoku
Genre: School drama
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 14.5 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-21 to 2008-Sep-22
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteiru by UZ
Synopsis
A private high school by the sea... All of the senior students devote themselves only to their studies for college entrance exams from the end of the summer. One day, an unconventional teacher gets posted at this high academia-oriented school. His name is Sakurai Sakutaro. His background is a mystery. Nobody gets what he's talking about. He's pushy and bold. The students are reluctant to open up to him who sticks his nose into their private affairs. But Sakutaro keep trying to help them overcome their problems He also encourages and guides them, and they eventually develop a bond of trust. "Live in the moment which exists only now"... His message gradually gets through to his students. --Fuji TV
Cast
Oda Yuji as Sakurai Sakutaro
Kitagawa Keiko as Enokido Wakaba
Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Akagi Yasunori
Kichise Michiko as Mayama Haruka
Imai Yuzo (今井ゆうぞう) as Yoda Norihito
Kobayashi Susumu as Makimura Hajime
Yashima Norito as Shibakusa Shuhei
Toda Keiko as Hasebe Kyoka
Kohinata Fumiyo as Kamiya Ryunosuke
Class 3-1
Okada Masaki as Negishi Hiroki
Kitano Kii as Shirosaki Riku
Hamada Gaku as Tabata Hachiro
Yoshitaka Yuriko as Yashima Akari
Tomiura Satoshi as Kusunoki Yamato
Kagimoto Akira (鍵本輝) as Higaki Moichi
Tanimura Mitsuki as Sawamizu Hana
Yamamoto Yusuke as Kawabe Eiji
Kurose Manami as Takabayashi Yuna
Nakamura Yuichi as Misaki Masayuki
Oomasa Aya as Tsugihara Yukino
Kaku Kento as Banno Keigo
Maeda Atsuko as Funaki Mayu
Kutsuna Shiori as Fujisawa Risa
Hiiragi Ko (柊子)
Saito Ryo (齋藤遼)
Ito Miki (伊藤未希)
Tokano Erika (戸叶恵梨佳)
Genzaki Tomoe (源崎トモエ)
Owada Kensuke
Wakana (和香奈)
Nakagawa Shota (中川翔太)
Goto Kazuo (後藤和雄)
Saiki Risa (彩木里紗)
Komatsubara Akinori (小松原明紀)
Natsuo Sachi (夏生さち)
Matsunaga Kazuya as Hiratsuka Kota
Okawa Masahiro
Kinomoto Minehiro
Guests
Matsushige Yutaka as Negishi Masahiro (ep1)
Nakamura Tomoya as Suekichi Haruomi (ep1)
Miki Takako (未來貴子) as Shirasaki Tamami (ep1,4)
Ichikawa Chieko (市川千恵子) as Obasan (ep1)
Kaname Jun as Kawabata Shogo (ep2)
Hoshii Nanase as Mai (ep4)
Watanabe Bambi (渡辺万美) as Sayaka (ep4)
Kusaka Yumi (日下由美) as Hana's mom (ep5)
Dankan (ダンカン) as Mayu's dad (ep6)
Miho Jun as Mayu's mom (ep6)
Kobayashi Natsuko (小林夏子) as Nonomura Miyu (ep7)
Kimura Yasushi (木村靖司) as Yukino's dad (ep8)
Akimoto Naomi as Yukino's mom (ep8-9)
Umezawa Masayo as Hachiro's mom (ep9)
Takemoto Kazumasa Hachiro's dad (ep9)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Sakamoto Yuji
Producer: Murase Ken
Director: Wakamatsu Setsuro (ep1-2,5,10), Tanimura Masaki (ep3-4,8), Muratani Yoshinori (村谷嘉則) (ep6), Nagayama Kozo (ep7,9)
Music: Hattori Takayuki
Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu
