Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog (2010)

07/14/2010 (JP) • 1h 53m

Drama, Family

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kaho

Kyoko Mochizuki

Yasufumi Terawaki

Seijiro Bamba

Yusuke Yamamoto

Wataru Tashiro

Kenichi Endo

Ryoichi Mochizuki


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

dreams

training

based on true story

dog

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