Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Mar 13, 2004

1h 40m

★ 6.7

A dog's life is never as easy as it looks.

Overview

A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Mitsuru Watanabe

Kaoru Kobayashi

Satoru Tawada

Kippei Shiina

Isamu Nii

Teruyuki Kagawa

Mrs. Watanabe

Keiko Toda

Tomoka Kurotani

Kozo Sato

Taro Ishida

Mitsuko Watanabe

Yukika Sakuratani

Yūko Natori

Yuichi Sakai

Kenji Mizuhashi

Mitsuko Nii

Shinobu Terajima

Etsuo Watanabe

Kazu Matsuda

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