10 Promises to My Dog (2008)

Original title

犬と私の10の約束

Directed by

Katsuhide Motoki

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A girl named Akari Saito gets a dog named Socks and the two grow up together. The story follows their bond over the years and is inspired by a list of promises from a dog to its owner.

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What happens

10 Promises To My Dog (犬と私の１０の約束, Inu to Watashi no Jū no Yakusoku) is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Katsuhide Motoki, and starring Rena Tanaka, Mayuko Fukuda and Etsushi Toyokawa. Rena Tanaka and Mayuko Fukuda play the adult and the young version of Akari Saito, while actor Etsushi Toyokawa stars as Akari's father. Based on a novel by Hare Kawaguchi, this film tells the story of Akari Saito and her dog Socks. The pair supported each other as they grew up together. This story is closely tied to "The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership", a list of ownership rules written from a dog's point of view. 10 Promises to My Dog was released in the Japanese box office on 15 March 2008. The film grossed a total of US$15,332,225 in six countries, and was the 19th-highest grossing Japanese film of 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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