Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

2009
1h 52m
8.8

8.8/10

8 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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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Production Information

Production Companies
Japan Film Fund KADOKAWA NTT Docomo Nippon Herald Films
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

japan zoo penguin rebuilding based on true story hokkaido, japan

Quick Facts

Original Title 旭山動物園物語 ペンギンが空をとぶ
Release Date February 7, 2009
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt1313094

Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida
Toshiyuki Nishida

Kanji Takizawa

Yasuhi Nakamura
Yasuhi Nakamura

Tsuyoshi Yoshida

Ai Maeda
Ai Maeda

Makoto Ogawa

Keiko Horiuchi
Keiko Horiuchi

Sanae Ikeuchi

Naomasa Musaka
Naomasa Musaka

Teruo Mitani

Sansei Shiomi
Sansei Shiomi

Genta Tobe

Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe

Seinosuke Yanagihara

Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto

Itsuro Usui

Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato

Keisuke Nirasaki

Akaji Maro
Akaji Maro

Key Crew

Masahiko Tsugawa
Director
Tadahisa Sakamoto
Producer
Tsutomu Tsuchikawa
Executive Producer
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
Executive Producer
Hisao Nabeshima
Producer