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Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (2009)

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.
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Masahiko Tsugawa profile
Masahiko Tsugawa

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Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida profile
Toshiyuki Nishida

Kanji Takizawa

Yasuhi Nakamura profile
Yasuhi Nakamura

Tsuyoshi Yoshida

Ai Maeda profile
Ai Maeda

Makoto Ogawa

Keiko Horiuchi profile
Keiko Horiuchi

Sanae Ikeuchi

Naomasa Musaka profile
Naomasa Musaka

Teruo Mitani

Sansei Shiomi profile
Sansei Shiomi

Genta Tobe

Ittoku Kishibe profile
Ittoku Kishibe

Seinosuke Yanagihara

Akira Emoto profile
Akira Emoto

Itsuro Usui

Hiroyuki Nagato profile
Hiroyuki Nagato

Keisuke Nirasaki

Akaji Maro profile
Akaji Maro

Toshiyuki Nishida profile
Toshiyuki Nishida

Kanji Takizawa

Yasuhi Nakamura profile
Yasuhi Nakamura

Tsuyoshi Yoshida

Ai Maeda profile
Ai Maeda

Makoto Ogawa

Keiko Horiuchi profile
Keiko Horiuchi

Sanae Ikeuchi

Naomasa Musaka profile
Naomasa Musaka

Teruo Mitani

Sansei Shiomi profile
Sansei Shiomi

Genta Tobe

Ittoku Kishibe profile
Ittoku Kishibe

Seinosuke Yanagihara

Akira Emoto profile
Akira Emoto

Itsuro Usui

Hiroyuki Nagato profile
Hiroyuki Nagato

Keisuke Nirasaki

Akaji Maro profile
Akaji Maro

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Release Date

February 7, 2009

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Japan Film Fund logoKADOKAWA logo

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