Expect to see him and Nanako Matsushima in a married couple’s gorgeous collaboration! Takashi Sorimachi “volunteered” to revive “GTO” after 26 years

It has been announced that a one-off special program of “GTO” (Fuji Television), a serial drama series starring Takashi Sorimachi (49) that caused a social phenomenon in ’98, will be broadcast next spring under the title “GTO Revival.

In “GTO,” Sorimachi plays Eikichi Onizuka, a high school teacher who used to be a motorcycle gang member and solves school problems in an unorthodox way, which became a big hit with the theme song “POISON” sung by Sorimachi. The heroine, an English teacher, was played by his current wife Nanako Matsushima (49), and the drama became a monster with an astounding 35.7% average household rating for the final episode. The public is excited about the “sudden revival” after 26 years since the serial drama version, but there were several “backgrounds” and “circumstances” that led to the realization of the revival.

Sorimachi’s passionate performance was the driving force that ignited the boom. Sorimachi’s passionate performance was the driving force that ignited the boom, but the tag team with Matsushima, who starred in the NHK morning drama “Himawari” in 1996 and became the “second generation pretty lady” in a Panasonic commercial in 1997, was also a factor in the success of the film. The two married in 2001 after co-starring in “GTO. They have an eldest daughter, now 19, and a second daughter, now 15, so the storyline is very much linked to their personal lives. That is why the world is paying attention to this special edition.

Naturally, there are growing expectations for a “married couple starring together” in “GTO Revival.” On September 15, when Kantele, the production company, and Fuji Television announced the broadcast of “GTO Revival,” only Sorimachi was publicly announced as the star of the movie. However, the September 28 issue of “Josei Seven” reported that Matsushima will make a spotlight appearance, their first collaboration since becoming husband and wife.

The official announcement of the ban on their co-starring could create a buzz and serve as a bright catalyst for Fuji, which is starved for popular dramas. Sorimachi made a comment through the station at the time of the announcement, in which he confessed that he had been approached many times about doing “GTO” in the past. Finally, he said that he thought “it makes sense to revive the show at this time,” and revealed that he had approached the production team himself about doing a revived version of the show.