
Film
Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog
2010 · 1h 53m · Drama · Family
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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.
Cast

Kaho
Kyoko Mochizuki

Yasufumi Terawaki
Seijiro Bamba

Yusuke Yamamoto
Wataru Tashiro

Kenichi Endo
Ryoichi Mochizuki
Crew
- Yoshinori KobayashiDirector
- Hideya HamadaScreenplay
- Kito TawaraScreenplay
- Ito JingoProducer
- Kazunari TakeuchiProducer
- Kazutaka AkimotoExecutive Producer
- Takahito KasaiDirector of Photography
- Takayuki HattoriOriginal Music Composer
- Hirohide AbeEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 14, 2010
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- 6
- Genres
- Drama, Family
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