Release Date

December, 12th, 2009

Running Time

115 min

Genre

Drama , Children/Family , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm

Screen Size

American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing

Dolby Digital

[ Directed by ]

• MATSUOKA Joji

[ Produced by ]

• SHIII Yukiko
• ONO Takahiro

[ Cast ]

• MORIMOTO Shintaro ── HARADA Souta
• KUWAJIMA Marino ── ARIMA Sayo
• KAGAWA Teruyuki ── ARIMA Masamitsu
• DAN Rei ── ARIMA Kiyo

[ Staff ]

• KOYAMA Kundo ── Screenplay
• OTSUKA Ryo ── Cinematography
• YAMANASHI Ryohei ── Music
• FUSHIMA Shinichi ── Editor
• KIMURA Masahiro ── Lighting

[ Production Company ]

Snow Prince Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Story ]

A heart moving drama in the motif of 'A Dog of Flanders.' It is written by Koyama Kundo, the scriptwriter of Departures (Okuribito) which won an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. Set in a small village in the early Showa period, a young boy, Souta (Morimoto Shintaro), lives with his grandfather who works as a charcoal burner. While struggling financially, the pure-hearted Souta enjoys his days with his grandfather, a great landlord's daughter, Sayo (Kuwajima Marino), and his beloved buddy, a puppy named Chibi. Souta dreams of one day becoming a painter. With the eventual death of his grandfather, however, Souta is left alone and is thrown into an even harsher turn of events.

[ Official Site ]

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[ Contact (International) ]

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