A surprise school visit event for the Sunday Theatre drama " Mikami Sensei " (TBS, Sundays at 9pm), starring actor Tori Matsuzaka , which will begin airing on January 19th, was held in Tokyo on January 10th. When Matsuzaka appeared at the venue, a loud, scream-like cheer erupted from the 250 high school students who had gathered.
As part of a special class, Matsuzaka answered questions from high school students. When asked about an episode from his youth, Matsuzaka, who is from Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, said, "Enoshima was nearby. The sea was about a 10-minute walk from my parents' house. I would ride my bike there with my friends and the girl I liked at the time. Once we passed Enoshima, there was the Enoshima Electric Railway crossing made famous by 'Slam Dunk.' I enjoyed my youth doing things like that," which elicited cheers from the high school students.
Matsuzaka sent a message to high school students, saying, "Don't forget to be humble," and urged them to "enjoy this time to the fullest so that you don't have any regrets."
" Mikami Sensei" is about Takashi Mikami (Matsuzaka), a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology who wants to change the Japanese education system, who is ordered to transfer to a private high school called Rintoku Gakuin. In reality, it was a demotion, but Mikami himself takes to the podium and leads 18-year-old high school students living in the Reiwa era while standing up to authority... This is a "great reversal education revival story."
This completely original work will be written by Shimori Roba, who will be teaming up with Matsuzaka for the first time since the film "The Journalist," and will be writing the script for a prime-time drama series for the first time. Kazutaka Iida, who has been in charge of popular Sunday Theater dramas such as "Anti-Hero" (2024) and "VIVANT" (2023), will serve as producer.
