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A Class to Remember (学校, Gakkō, "School") is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.[2]

A Class to Remember
DVD cover for A Class to Remember (1993)
Directed by	Yōji Yamada[1]
Written by	Yoshitaka Asama Yōji Yamada
Produced by	Shigehiro Nakagawa
Starring	Toshiyuki Nishida Eiko Shinya Keiko Takeshita
Cinematography	Mutsuo Naganuma Tetsuo Takaba
Edited by	Iwao Ishii
Music by	Isao Tomita
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	November 6, 1993
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Synopsis

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.[3]

Cast

• Toshiyuki Nishida
• Eiko Shinya
• Keiko Takeshita
• Nae Yuuki
• Kunie Tanaka
• Kiyoshi Atsumi
• Masato Hagiwara
• Yuri Nakae
• Hiroshi Kanbe
• Senri Oe
• Takashi Sasano
• Shinya Owada
• Kayako Sono
• Jiro Sakagami
• Kei Suma

Reception

At the 1994 Japan Academy Prize the film won the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound, Rookie of the Year and the Popularity Award. It was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Lighting Direction, Best Art Direction and Best Editing.[4]

Gakko series

• A Class to Remember (1993)
• Gakko II (1996)[5]
• Gakko III (1998)[6]
• Jyu Gosai Gakko IV (2000)[7]

References

External links

• Gakko (1993) at IMDb
• Gakko at AllMovie
• 学校 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
• "GAKKO". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
• 学校 (in Japanese). walkerplus.com. Archived from the original on 2005-03-09. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
• 学校(1993) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
• "Variety Japan" 学校 (in Japanese). Variety Japan. Retrieved 2009-05-14.

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