Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog (2010)
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
Writers:
Kito Tawara, Hideya Hamada.
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Kaho as Kyoko Mochizuki |
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Yasufumi Terawaki as Seijiro Bamba |
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Yusuke Yamamoto as Wataru Tashiro |
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Kenichi Endo as Ryoichi Mochizuki |
| Directing | Yoshinori Kobayashi | Director |
| Writing | Kito Tawara | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hideya Hamada | Screenplay |
| Production | Ito Jingo | Producer |
| Production | Kazutaka Akimoto | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kazunari Takeuchi | Producer |
| Production | Yoshitaka Ishizuka | Associate Producer |
| Production | Kiichi Iguchi | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Hirohide Abe | Editor |
| Art | Yukiharu Seshimo | Production Design |
| Camera | Takahito Kasai | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Takayuki Hattori | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Yuichiro Makanae | Gaffer |
| Sound | Kunio Ashihara | Sound Recordist |
