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Gokusen S1E7 — Believe in your own child

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Gokusen•Season 1•Episode 7

Believe in your own child

8.2/10 · 26 votesMay 29, 200245 min

Ranked #6 of 12 in Season 1•matches the season avg

Yankumi is struggling through parent-teacher conferences, but when it's time for Sawada's meeting, his parents don't show up. Later, he receives a visit from a girl who turns out to be his sister. Through these incidents, we learn that Sawada lives alone due to a

Directed byTōya Satō

Written byRie Yokota

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Seasons3

Season 1 Episodes12

A zealous teacher goes on a rampage still

A zealous teacher goes on a rampage

Don't abandon your friend still

Don't abandon your friend

Don't judge only by appearance still

Don't judge only by appearance

If you fail, start over still

If you fail, start over

To fight is different from violence still

To fight is different from violence

Don't let bullying get to you still

Don't let bullying get to you

Believe in your own child still

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Believe in your own child

Aren't you his mother still

Aren't you his mother

Don't blame others for your own mistakes still

Don't blame others for your own mistakes

I'll believe my own students still

I'll believe my own students

No one is alone still

No one is alone

Goodbye, Yankumi still

Goodbye, Yankumi

Cast18

Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

Kumiko Yamaguchi

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Goro Sawatari

Jun Matsumoto

Jun Matsumoto

Shin Sawada

Kenji Anan

Kenji Anan

Hiro Wakamatsu

Shun Oguri

Shun Oguri

Haruhiko Uchiyama

Ken Kaneko

Ken Kaneko

Tetsu Asakura

Ken Utsui

Ken Utsui

Ryuichiro Kuroda

Misaki Itō

Misaki Itō

Shizuka Fujiyama

S

Shinji Uchiyama

Minoru Tatsukawa

H

Hiroshi Ryogoku

Hiroshi Ryogoku

Ikki Sawamura

Ikki Sawamura

Tomoya Shinohara

Hiroki Narimiya

Hiroki Narimiya

Takeshi Noda

Crew2

Tōya Satō

Tōya Satō

Director

Rie Yokota

Rie Yokota

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Believe in your own child" is episode 7 of Gokusen season 1. It scored 8.2/10 from 26 votes, ranking #6 of 12 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Tōya Satō and written by Rie Yokota, it aired on May 29, 2002.

Next: E8 · Aren't you his mother Best of Season 1