TBS 3-part drama SP "Blackboard ~ Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoushitachi"

TBS will be showing a 3-part drama SP "Blackboard ~ Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoushitachi" which will air from 5 April at 9pm. The story is set in the 1980s and present day which features three teachers who deal with various educational problems. The three teachers will be played by Arashi's Sakurai Sho, Sato Koichi and Matsushita Nao.

In the first episode, Sakurai plays a former soldier in the post-war period who becomes a social studies teacher and has problems adjusting to the idea of introducing democracy to his students. His colleague is played by AKB48's Oshima Yuko.

Sato Koichi will appear in the second episode set in the 1980s where he plays a teacher who has to deal with violence in the school. Shida Mirai will play his student who's a juvenile delinquent.

In the finale set in modern days, Matsushita Nao will play a junior high school English teacher who goes all out to help her student played by Kamiki Ryuunosuke who's a victim of child neglect and has learning difficulties. However, a female student who's jealous of Matsushita's character spending time alone with the student spreads rumours that they are romantically linked thus leading to intense pressure and mockery by her colleagues and complaints from the PTA.

Source: Sanspo source 1, Sanspo source 2