Dog×Police

Dog×Police
Poster advertising this film in Japan
Directed byGo Shichitaka
Produced byTakahiro Sato
StarringHayato Ichihara
Erika Toda
Jun Murakami
Takanori
Takeyama
Shinnosuke Abe
Saburo Tokito
Production
company
Japan NTV
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • October 1, 2011 (2011-10-01)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$8,976,044[1]

Dog×Police is a 2011 Japanese film directed by Go Shichitaka,[2] about a special division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department which uses trained dogs in cases of terrorism, violent crime, and rescue missions.[3][4] The film is based on the novel by Yoichi Komori.[5]

Plot

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Yusaku Hayakawa (Hayato Ichihara) dreamed of one day becoming a detective. Instead, he now works as a trainer for police dogs at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. One day, Yusaku gets an Albino Shepherd named Shiro whom others say can never become a police dog due to a genetic disorder. Nevertheless, Yusaku and Shiro become attached as he trains Shiro to become a guard dog. Sometimes guard dogs are treated as equipment and other times required to become a human shield, but Yusaku and female police officer Natsuki (Erika Toda) are against this. A series of explosions then take place as a serial bomber strikes Tokyo.

References

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  1. ^ "Dog × Police: The K-9 Force".
  2. ^ "市原隼人「DOG×POLICE」で警備犬訓練を行う熱血警察官に)" (in Japanese). eiga.com. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  3. ^ "Erika Toda to co-star with Hayato Ichihara in Dog×Police". nipponcinema. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
  4. ^ http://www.tokyograph.com/news/ichihara-hayato-stars-in-movie-dog-x-police/
  5. ^ "Dog x Police: The K-9 Force". 21 November 2011.
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