Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog

Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog

113 mins | Drama, Family | July 14, 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.

Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog

113 mins | Drama, Family | July 14, 2010

Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog
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.
Producers Dentsu
Original title きな子〜見習い警察犬の物語
Directors Yoshinori Kobayashi
Writers Kito Tawara, Hideya Hamada

Cast

Kaho

as Kyoko Mochizuki

Yasufumi Terawaki

as Seijiro Bamba

Yusuke Yamamoto

as Wataru Tashiro

Kenichi Endo

as Ryoichi Mochizuki