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Not in Textbooks 3
3.7 / 10• 2017• 1h 20m•NR• Japanese
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Storyline
The third work in the "Not in Textbooks!" series, which is a live-action movie of a popular love comedy manga by Kazuto Okada from "Sundome" starring Ayaka Morikawa from the former AKB48. It depicts the love pattern that the main character, a high school girl Aya Shirakaba and a homeroom teacher, Arihiko Tairaku, living together for a long time. One day, Okubo, a senior student who noticed Aya who is very popular in the school with excellent looks, abducts Aya. Tairaku heads to the rescue and falls into the worst situation. On the other hand, in the school there was an incident in which May Yayoi took the students hostage.... Morikawa played the role of Aya Shirakaba, Ryouma Baba played the role of Arihiko Tairaku, and May, an English teacher longing for Tairaku, was the debut performance of the rising gravure idol Anna Hongo.
Cast & Crew
Ayaka Morikawa
Aya Shirakaba
Lead
Ryoma Baba
Arihiko Tairaku
Yurisa
Saki Kosuge
Wataru Ichinose
Okubo
Anna Hongo
May Yayoi
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原あや香
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What People Are Saying
2.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Shota Sasaki's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Not in Textbooks 3 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
