Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog (2012)

  • 6
  • 11/29/2012 (DE)
  • Drama, Family
  • 1h 53m

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.

Hideya Hamada

Screenplay

Kito Tawara

Screenplay

Yoshinori Kobayashi

Director

Cast

Kaho's headshot

Kaho

Kyoko Mochizuki
Yasufumi Terawaki's headshot

Yasufumi Terawaki

Seijiro Bamba
Yusuke Yamamoto's headshot

Yusuke Yamamoto

Wataru Tashiro
Ken'ichi Endô's headshot

Ken'ichi Endô

Ryoichi Mochizuki

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