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Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog is a film of genre Drama directed by Yoichi Sai released in USA on 18 may 2012 with Kaoru Kobayashi

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
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Released in USA 18 may 2012
Length 1h40
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Genres Drama
Rating70% 3.5442653.5442653.5442653.5442653.544265

Quill (クイール, Kuīru) is a 2004 Japanese film about a guide dog, first released in Japan on 13 March 2004 and on DVD on 25 September 2004. It was also shown at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on 17 September 2004.

The film is directed by Yōichi Sai and adapted from the original novel The Life of Quill, the Seeing-Eye Dog (盲導犬クイールの一生, Mōdōken Kuīru no Isshō) by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro, based on a true story. Prior to the release of this film, NHK produced a TV drama adaptation of the novel, which aired from June 16 to July 28, 2003.

Synopsis

One day in Tokyo, a yellow Labrador Retriever puppy is born among a litter of five. This puppy is unique, wherein he has a bird-shaped mark on his left side. Following a simple communication test, he is selected to become a guide dog; hence his first parting. After being picked up by dog trainer Satoru Tawada, the puppy is flown to Kyoto to live with Isamu and Mitsuko Nii - a married couple who are "puppy walkers", people who raise guide dogs for a year. There, the couple name him "Quill", after discovering the word in an English-Japanese dictionary. As soon as Quill reaches the age of one, he is handed back to Tawada to undergo guide dog training; this becomes his second parting. At first, Quill has difficulty learning the basic skills, but one day, while tending to another dog, Tawada notices that Quill is excellent in waiting - an important trait in a guide dog.

Actors

Kaoru Kobayashi

(Mitsuru Watanabe)Teruyuki Kagawa

(Isamu Nii)Shinobu Terajima

(Mitsuko Nii)Keiko Toda

(Mrs. Watanabe)Kippei Shiina

(Satoru Tawada)Kenji Mizuhashi

(Yuichi Sakai)
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