The Queen's Classroom
| The Queen's Classroom | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Kazuhiko Yukawa |
| Directed by |
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| Starring | |
| Ending theme | "Exit" by Exile |
| Composer | Yoshihiro Ike |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Futoshi Ōhira |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NTV |
| Release | July 2 – September 17, 2005 |
The Queen's Classroom (女王の教室, Joō no Kyōshitsu) is a live-action Japanese television drama about Maya Akutsu (Yūki Amami), a new teacher at Hanzaki Elementary School who strives for perfection and punishes her students in unorthodox manners. A 12-year-old student, Kazumi Kanda (Mirai Shida), has been able to withstand her strange punishments so far but the other 23 students begin to fold under the pressure.
In the last episode, it recorded the highest viewership rating of 25.3% in Kantō region. On March 17 and 18, 2006, two special prequel episodes were aired, and it recorded the highest rating of 21.2%.
A South Korean remake of the same title starring Go Hyun-jung in the lead role, was produced in 2013.