Just started to watch 'Hagane No Onna", a series which starred Michiko Kichise as a substitute teacher
for a grade 4 class that is rife with problems.
Episode 1 starts off with one of the boys appearing to be bullied by his classmates, especially by one boy in
particular. Haga Sensei goes to his home, and finds that the boy is the elder brother of three sisters, and the son
of a single mom who has a tough life as an 'dancer' and doesn't know anything about her son's troubles.....
That Yankee mom? Hitomi san, in a nice dramatic role.
Hitomi Yoshizawa as
Hiro's mother (2010)
Couldn't find the subs, but the plot is understandable.....
日本ドラマ (hagane no- onna 2010) ハガネの女 1 English Subtitle Ep1