Botchan

Year: 1980

Runtime: 70 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Yoshio Takeuchi

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Botchan, a new teacher, is thrust into a village school with prank‑playing students and a junk‑selling landlord. He suspects his sole ally Hotta of sabotage, yet a school meeting imposes a mild penalty for misbehavior. When evidence of the dean’s corruption emerges, Botchan and Hotta unite to expose it. Adapted from Natsume Sōseki’s 1906 bestseller.

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