Takewaki Muga Shuen Bocchan (Showa no Meisaku Library 115) Collector's DVD

[Machine Translation] The long-awaited first soft release of the hit Showa-era masterpiece, in which Mu Takewaki, who had established a solid reputation as a popular actor, brilliantly played the leading role in Soseki Natsume's masterpiece "Botchan", more than 50 years after its broadcast! --The drama humorously depicts the struggles of a young math teacher (Bocchan) who is assigned to a junior high school in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. The principal, vice principal, and even his colleagues at the middle school in Matsuyama are a bunch of eccentrics who don't like him. The cast includes Takewaki Moga as "Botchan," Tamura Takahiro as "Yamaarashi," Yonekura Saikatsu as "Akashirt," Muta Teizo as "Nodaiko," Matsumura Tatsuo as "Tanuki," Komatsu Masao as "Uranari," and Yamamoto Yoko as "Madonna. The story begins in 1906 when Bok-chan is assigned as a math teacher at a junior high school in Matsuyama, Shikoku, and ends when he leaves Matsuyama after a confrontation with the Red Shirts and Nodaikotsu. Includes all 6 episodes. Commentary enclosed. First broadcast: October 26-November 30, 1970 (Showa 45) on Nippon Television Network Corporation

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人気俳優として不動の地位を築いていた竹脇無我が、夏目漱石の名作"坊っちゃん"の主役を見事に演じ大ヒットした昭和の傑作ドラマが、放送から50年以上の時を経て遂に待望の初ソフト化! ――愛媛県松山市の中学に赴任した若き数学教師 (坊っちゃん) の奮闘ぶりをユーモラスに描いたドラマ。はるばる赴任した松山の中学にいたのは、校長、教頭をはじめ同僚までも気に食わない風変わりな連中ばかりだった・・・。"坊っちゃん"には竹脇無我、"山嵐"には田村高廣、"赤シャツ"には米倉斉加年、"野だいこ"には牟田悌三、"たぬき"には松村達雄、"うらなり"には小松政夫、"マドンナ"には山本陽子という豪華俳優陣が集結! 明治39年、坊っちゃんが、四国、松山の中学に数学の教師として赴任するところから始まり、赤シャツ、野だいこと対決したあと松山を去るまでを、原作を忠実に映像化した作品。全6話収録。解説書封入。初回放送: 1970年 (昭和45年) 10月26日～11月30日/日本テレビ系