Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. Mr. Inukai has a strong dislike for dogs, but while he is working on the island his family takes in a Samoyed dog to fill in the father's absence, the family decides to raise the dog. At first Mr. Inukai opposes the family taking the dog in, but he can't persuade his family to abandon the dog. When Mr. Inukai arrives back in Tokyo, he now has to has to live with the Samoyed dog. Can he?
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Fumiyo Kohinata
Inukai
Known for
Inuyashiki
THE DAYS
Chiharu
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Haruka Kinami
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Rebooting
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Tetsuhiro Ikeda
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Unnatural
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Eri Tokunaga
Known for
Hula Girls
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Denden
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Jiro Sato
Known for
Death Note
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Shogo Shimizu
Known for
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Karin Ono
Known for
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Tōru Kamei Director · Yuji Nagamori Screenplay
First release June 25, 2011 · Produced in Japan · Original title 犬飼さんちの犬
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Japan
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Original title
犬飼さんちの犬
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
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Japan · June 25, 2011
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No release date listed for United States.
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