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As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet firm trainer Satoru Tawada. Although Quill is a little slower than the other dogs at the school, he seems to have an unusual 'empathy' and remarkable patience with his trainers. Tawada decides that Quill would be the ideal guide dog for Mitsuru Watanabe, but Wanatabe, a lonely and ill-tempered middle aged man, isn't as enthusiastic - he would "would rather sleep than be dragged around by a dog.". From here, the story is narrated by Wanatabe's daughter, Mitsuko, and slowly, Wantanbe is rehabilitated, venturing into the outside world, and learning, not only to trust other humans, but the animal at his side who guides him.

Genres: Drama

Starring: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shiina, Kazu Matsuda

Released: March 13, 2004

Runtime: 100.0

Popularity Rating: 0.807

Shochiku

Japan

Mitsuru Watanabe Kaoru Kobayashi
Satoru Tawada Kippei Shiina
Etsuo Watanabe Kazu Matsuda
Mitsuko Watanabe Yukika Sakuratani
Mrs. Watanabe Keiko Toda
Isamu Nii Teruyuki Kagawa
Mitsuko Nii Shinobu Terajima
Ren Mito Hiroko Natori
Adult Quill Rafie
Kenji Mizuhashi

Art — Production Design: Tsutomu Imamura
Crew — Cinematography: Junichi Fujisawa
Directing — Director: Yoichi Sai
Editing — Editor: Isao Kawase
Production — Producer: Ichiro Yamamoto
Production — Producer: Nozomu Enoki
Writing — Novel: Kengo Ishiguro
Writing — Novel: Ryohei Akimoto
Writing — Screenplay: Shoichi Maruyama
Writing — Screenplay: Yoshihiro Nakamura