Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.

• Fuji Television Network
• Kazunari Ninomiya
• Nao Matsushita
• Arata Furuta
• Norito Yashima
• Koji Yamamoto
• Naoki Matayoshi
• Machiko Washio
• Mitsuhiro Oikawa