Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009)

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009)

2009-02-07 Japan 112 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young. Yoshida soon realizes that Asahiyama Zoo is facing a financial crisis and the zoo director Takizawa (Toshiyuki Nishida) has been doing everything in his power to save the zoo from closing down. Moved by Takizawa's passion, Yoshida and other zoo keepers came to share the zoo director's belief that one's dreams can come true, and together they tackle this seemingly impossible task of revitalizing Asahiyama. A breakthrough arrives in the form of “Behavioral Exhibition,†a method that is pioneered by Ashiyama's zoo keepers and which eventually makes the zoo renowned throughout the world.

Cast

西田敏行 is Kanji Takizawa
Kanji Takizawa
中村靖日 is Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
前田愛 is Makoto Ogawa
Makoto Ogawa
堀内敬子 is Sanae Ikeuchi
Sanae Ikeuchi
六平直政 is Teruo Mitani
Teruo Mitani
塩見三省 is Genta Tobe
Genta Tobe
岸部一徳 is Seinosuke Yanagihara
Seinosuke Yanagihara
柄本明 is Itsuro Usui
Itsuro Usui
長門裕之 is Keisuke Nirasaki
Keisuke Nirasaki