10 Promises to My Dog

Mar 15, 2008

1h 57m

★ 6.8

Overview

One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Akari Saito

Rena Tanaka

Susumu Hoshi

Ryo Kase

Akari Saito (young)

Mayuko Fukuda

Susumu Hoshi (young)

Shota Sato

Yuko Inoue

Chizuru Ikewaki

Yuichi Saito

Etsushi Toyokawa

Fumiko Saito

Reiko Takashima

Susumu's mom

Akiko Aitsuki

Akira Fuse

Zookeeper

Pierre Taki

Akane Ōsawa

Hana Ebise

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