Dragon Sakura
A struggling lawyer, Kenji Sakuragi, takes a position at private school Tatsuyama Gakuen to pay off his debts. Kenji decides to try to turn this hopeless school into one of the elite institutions in Japan to help rejuvenate his career. His barometer of success will be to get five of his students admitted to the prestigious Tokyo University the following year. But rather than cramming them with lots of general information, his down-to-earth class concentrates on unknown techniques for passing the entrance examination and how to live a good life in these turbulent times. His refreshing outlook and strategy may just be what is needed to turn around the future prospects of himself and his students and teach the rest of us a thing or two as well!
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Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcycle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan's most prestigious educational institution, Tokyo University (Toudai). For no other reason than Sakuragi's personal ambition, he has advertised his intention to produce 5 successful Toudai applicants from the students of a nearly bankrupt failure of school. In addition to revealing essential test-taking techniques for everyone who wants to know how to get into Toudai, "Dragon Zakura" will also teach the essentials of living one's life.
1.Idiots and ugly girls, head for Tokyo University!
9.008-07-200546 min
2.Know your own weaknesses!
9.015-07-200546 min
3.Play! Taking an exam is like a sport!
9.022-07-200546 min
4.Don't stop until you hit the wall
9.029-07-200546 min
5.Don't cry! It's your life!
9.005-08-200546 min
6.English showdown!
9.012-08-200546 min
7.I'll show you! Tokyo University mock exam!
9.019-08-200546 min
8.Tears of idiots... Extracurricular lessons for summer vacation
9.026-08-200546 min
9.Believe! Your results will definitely improve
10.002-09-200546 min
10.Friendship or the exam? Final decision
8.009-09-200546 min
11.You're not idiots anymore! The fateful announcement of the results
9.016-09-20051h
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