Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog
2010•6•1h 53m•7.0•Released
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Based on the true story of a female dog trainer, Kyoko Mochizuki, nicknamed "Anko", and a Labrador retriever which repeatedly fails the police dog trials despite numerous tries. Kyoko Mochizuki is an 18-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a police dog trainer. She is admitted to a police dog training school and meets a young Kinako, a Labrador retriever puppy. An instructor there informs Kyoko that Kinako is too weak to become a police dog, but Kyoko is determined that she will make Kinako into one.
Director
Yoshinori Kobayashi
Writer
Kito Tawara, Hideya Hamada
Languages
Japanese
Studio
dentsu
Cast
Kaho
Kyoko Mochizuki
Yasufumi Terawaki
Seijiro Bamba
Yusuke Yamamoto
Wataru Tashiro
Kenichi Endo
Ryoichi Mochizuki
Production
Company
dentsu
Producer
Ito Jingo
Producer
Kazunari Takeuchi
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