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GTO - Great Teacher Onizuka: The Movie (2005)

GTO - Great Teacher Onizuka: The Movie (2005)
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Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town's teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn't the sort of person who respects the town's newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn't much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town's teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn't the sort of person who respects the town's newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn't much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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    Macarthur S.

    If you are a real GTO fan, you have seen the Live Action series that this is movie is based on. It was made BEFORE the anime (yes, that's right). So, believe it or not, the character in the animated series was partially based on Takashi Sorimachi's portrayal of Onizuka. The movie is good, but the Live Action series is awesome. If you haven't seen it yet, see it now!

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    Juan R.

    Well it may be that the actor didnt look like Onizuka but he still did a good job. He landed all the facial expressions and even had a good persona. Honest fact is that he did do a good Onizuka if you dont count looks. Since the movie was live action, it lacked all the crazyness that makes up the animated series but overal. This movie was both great and fun to watch. Regardless if its not 100% like the anime. If you are a GTO fan (Like me ^__^) then yes you should see this. Hence the reason why I gave this a 5 star.

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    Reynaldo V.

    If you are fan of the Onizuka franchise you will get this movie, if not you will be asking yourself what the heck is going on and it will not lead you to further investigate the franchise. The film is based on the television series so if you have seen the anime or read the manga you might be confused when Onizuka first appears, and of course they can't do all the crazy stunts they do in the anime (because those are animated and nobody's life is in danger) but for any fans of GTO, this is a great movie. If you are not familiar i suggest watching the TV series, reading the manga, or seeing the anime first.

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