Movie: Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog

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Kaho
夏帆

Kyoko Mochizuki

Yasufumi Terawaki
寺脇康文

Seijiro Bamba

Yusuke Yamamoto
山本裕典

Wataru Tashiro

Kenichi Endo
遠藤憲一

Ryoichi Mochizuki

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    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.

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    2010-07-14

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    日本語
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