I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life (1983)
Mr. Matsuzawa is a novelist who lives in Chiba Prefecture. Only his daughter Kazuko knows that the family dog, Don Matsugorou, can talk. Don is wounded in a fight with the neighbors' dog, King, a nouveau-riche mongrel with ideas above his station. At the vet, however, he falls in love with a little patchwork puppy called Chotaro.
Director: Kimio Yabuki
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Yasuo Yamada as |
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Fuyumi Shiraishi as |
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Mami Koyama as |
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Ichiro Nagai as |
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Masashi Amenomori as |
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Hiroshi Otake as |
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Toshio Furukawa as |
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Takako Sasuga as |
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Kazuhiko Kishino as |
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Kaneto Shiozawa as |
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Isamu Tanonaka as |
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Katsuji Mori as |
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Masako Ebisu as |
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Koji Yada as |
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Mugihito as |
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Akiko Tsuboi as |
| Directing | Kimio Yabuki | Director |
| Visual Effects | Etsumi Haruki | Character Designer |
| Sound | Hiroki Tamaki | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Abe | Animation Director |