| Synopsis | Sawayaka San-kumi (Flesh Class 3)This is an educational program that used moral education classes for third and fourth-grade elementary school students as its teaching material. The settings are elementary schools in the suburbs of Tokyo、 and the specific school changes with each series. Basically、 the story often develops around elementary school students、 who face minor problems that occur inside and outside of school and resolve them while obsessing about their concerns. The topics that the protagonists dwell on are wide-ranging、 from such childlike matters as searching for a way to make up after a fight with a friend to issues that continue to be addressed as challenges even in adulthood、 such as discrimination based on a parent's occupation or how to interact with people with disabilities. While it is a serialized TV drama with self-contained episodes focused on a growth story、 some episodes intentionally left problems unresolved to make the viewers think of the answers.This work aired on NHK Educational Television (currently E-Tele) from April 8、 1987、 to March 11、 2009. Including some rebroadcasts、 it consists of a total of 17 series、 with each series lasting one year. Many children actually watched it in elementary schools as moral education materials. The classmates other than the protagonists were played by members of the Tokyo Hoso Jido Gekidan (Tokyo Broadcasting Children's Theatrical Group)、 and extras were students of the elementary school that served as the setting. Among the cast、 Gouki Maeda、 who attracted attention for his appearance on the affiliated program Tensai Terebi-kun MAX、 also appeared as a child actor; he later appeared in an NHK morning drama in the first half of the 2022 Serial TV Novel Chimudondon. Furthermore、 a program called Moya-moya、 which succeeded the lineage of this work、 is also being broadcast on NHK Educational Television. |
