Seven teenagers in 1955 have to learn to live together in the same hold in the reformatory of Shounan. Confined in a hall where suffering and humiliation are daily, they are waiting for a ray of hope in a dark, incarcerating world. The story follows their life together and how they move on afterwards.
Episodes
26
Aired
Spring 2010
Score
8.2
Popularity
#778
Ensemble CastSeinenComing of AgeDelinquentsSurvivalPrimarily Male CastRehabilitationHistorical
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