
Here Because of You
An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing up in modern times, students often look to Mr. Yabuki for advice and guidance. But when Mr. Yabuki’s career is threatened as a result of a false accusation from the school’s PTA, the students band together to stand up for their beloved teacher and help him to save his good reputation and job.
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Top Cast

Kazuo Funaki

Chiyoko Honma

Sonny Chiba

Shūji Sano

Mieko Takamine

Junko Miyazono

Shigeko Arai
Kazuko Watanabe

Itsuko Sasaki
Yoshiko Sakamoto
Seiichi Satô
Ryuichi Sugimoto

Masaaki Sakai
Akira Tanaka

Ken Sudo
Daizo Tanaka

Ushio Akashi
Principal Furuta
Ryō Daitō

Shirō Amakusa

Fumiko Okamura

Genji Kawai
Vice Principal Inukai
Shirō Ōki
Masuda
Keiko Itō
Kometani

Kyoji Sugi
Midori Yamamoto
Crew
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