Cast of
A School Behind Bars

About A School Behind Bars

  • Released on October 11, 2010

"A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - the only public school in Japan that is located inside a prison. The school's students are all prisoners ranging in age from 20-70. The students are carefully selected after taking an entrance exam and being selected by the school's admission board.

Full Cast of A School Behind Bars

Joe Odagiri
plays Junpei Ishikawa

Kei Suma
plays Jack Harada

Seiji Chihara
plays Zentaro Oyamada

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani (染谷 将太 Sometani Shōta, born 3 September 1992) is a Japanese actor from Koto, Tokyo. He is known for hi...

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Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences h...

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Hideji Ōtaki
plays Akio Sasaki

Keizo Kanie


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