Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 14, 2010

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

dentsu

Cast

Yusuke Yamamoto,Yasufumi Terawaki,Kaho,Kenichi Endo

Director

Yoshinori Kobayashi

Writer

Kito Tawara,Hideya Hamada

Producer

Kazunari Takeuchi,Kazutaka Akimoto,Ito Jingo

Cinematography

Takahito Kasai

Music

Takayuki Hattori

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1583288