The opening ceremony event for Rintoku Gakuin for the Sunday Theatre Drama " Mikami Sensei " (TBS, Sunday 9pm) starring actor Tori Matsuzaka , which will begin on January 19th, was held in Tokyo on January 12th. At the event, students showed off their singing, dancing, presentations and acting skills in a talent presentation.
Riho Yoshioka, who plays assistant teacher Koreeda Fumika, was moved to tears after hearing the song. "I couldn't do it. Everyone was so dazzling," she said with tears in her eyes. "I listened to them practicing from time to time and thought they were really trying hard, it was amazing," she commented from a teacher's perspective. Matsuzaka and the 27 students (Kubota Airu and Mayumi Takeyuki were absent) appeared at the event.
"Mikami Sensei" is about a Ministry of Education bureaucrat, Takashi Mikami (Matsuzaka), who wants to change the Japanese education system, being ordered to transfer to a private high school, 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.
