Majo no Jōken

Majo no Joken
Format	Romance
Directed by	Doi Nobuhiro Naniwa Kazuhiro Katayama Osamu
Starring	Nanako Matsushima Hideaki Takizawa
Opening theme	First Love by Hikaru Utada
Country of origin	Japan
Language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	11
Production
Executive producer(s)	Yagi Yasuo
Broadcast
Original channel	TBS
Original run	1999-04-08 – 1999-06-17

Majo no Jōken (魔女の条件^?) ("Terms of a witch") is a drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 1999. This drama features Nanako Matsushima of Great Teacher Onizuka fame and Hideaki Takizawa of Johnny's group Tackey & Tsubasa.

Synopsis

The series tells a story of the love between a high school teacher Michi Hirose and her student Hikaru. The term Majo, which could be roughly translated as witch, references from the medieval practice of witch-hunt, implying that the protagonists are being despised by their families and the society.

Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her. Hikaru, a 17-year-old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother and having been expelled from many high schools for bad behavior, enters Michi's class as a new transfer student. As their relationship grows they realize that they both feel that they have lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society's judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.

Cast

• Matsushima Nanako as Hirose Michi (26)
• Takizawa Hideaki as Kurosawa Hikaru (17)
• Bessho Tetsuya as Kitai Masaru (30) (Michi's fiancee)
• Ozawa Rin as Sugai Miharu (21) (Hikaru's home tutor)
• Nishida Naomi as Uda Kiriko (26) (Masaru's colleague & Michi's friend)
• Yamada Maiko as Kinoshita Jun (17) (Hikaru's classmate)
• Yamaguchi Yuichiro as Godai Yu (42) (Doctor at Kurosawa Hospital)
• Tayama Ryosei as Okajima Sensei (50) (Ryousei High School Director)
• Nukumizu Youichi as Matsuoka Sensei (35) (History teacher)
• Tsunogae Kazue as Shimoda Shunin (45)
• Tsuji Kazunaga as Hirose Kenichi (59) (Michi's father)
• Shirakawa Yumi as Hirose Motoko (56) (Michi's mother)
• Kuroki Hitomi as Kurosawa Kyoko (39) (Hikaru's mother)

External links

• JDorama.com
• Official Website