Film
Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog
2010Directed by Yoshinori Kobayashi
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
About Kinako - The Story of an Apprentice Police Dog
- Drama
- Family
Synopsis
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
- Hideya Hamada
- Kito Tawara
- Original title
- きな子〜見習い警察犬の物語
