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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.

Directing:
  • Masahiko Tsugawa

Writing:
  • Yasuhiro Koshimizu

Stars:
Release Date: 2009-02-07
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  • Country: JP
  • Language: 日本語
  • Runtime: 112
Keiko Horiuchi
Keiko Horiuch...
Sanae Ikeuchi
Toshiyuki Nishida
Toshiyuki Nis...
Kanji Takizawa
Yasuhi Nakamura
Yasuhi Nakamu...
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Ai Maeda
Ai Maeda
Makoto Ogawa
Naomasa Musaka
Naomasa Musak...
Teruo Mitani
Sansei Shiomi
Sansei Shiomi
Genta Tobe
Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishib...
Seinosuke Yanagihara
Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto
Itsuro Usui
Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Naga...
Keisuke Nirasaki
Akaji Maro
Akaji Maro
堀内敬子
堀内敬子
Sanae Ikeuchi
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