Summary
A legendary television series and cultural asset, Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B is famous for putting many social issues on the front burner of the public conscious over its long run, as filtered through the emotionally volatile lives of third year middle school students.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 69GoodWatch 70
IMDb6.9
Time to watch it all
133 h
173 episodes, about 46 min each
An episode a night: about 6 months.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
First aired
1979
October 26, 1979
Ended 2008
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, suicide themes, and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-Provoking
and 39 more45 people
- Tetsuya TakedaKinpachi Sakamoto173 episodes
- Masayuki SuzukiOmori173 episodes
- Junpei MoritaInui161 episodes
- Mari HoshinoOtome Sakamoto113 episodes
- Yasuomi SanoKosaku Sakamoto113 episodes
Akio KanedaKita113 episodes
Atsuko TakahataHonda113 episodes
Ginnojo YamazakiEndo90 episodes- Mitsuko Baisho83 episodes
- Toshio ShibaYasui68 episodes
Miho Konishi68 episodes- Yūko Natori25 episodes
- KTKenichi Takahashi25 episodes
Tsukasa Itou25 episodes
Maiko Kawakami25 episodes
Hiroyuki Okita25 episodes
Aya Ueto23 episodes
Yuika Motokariya23 episodes
Megumi Sato23 episodes
Shota Saito23 episodes
Airi Taira23 episodes
Akiyoshi Nakao23 episodes
Kaoru SugitaYukino Asai23 episodes
Shingo TsurumiTamotsu Miyazawa23 episodes
Writing · 1
- Mieko Osanai Story
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