Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog

Synopsis

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

Written by

Hideya Hamada

Music

Takayuki Hattori

Studio

dentsu

Released

14 July 2010

Genres

Drama, Family