Kuîru
IMDb ID: tt0400761 · Year: 2012 · Rating: 7.1 (1,804 votes)
Genres: Drama
As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers, training guide dogs (seeing eye dogs). When he grows to an adult dog, he is taken to a guide dog school, by a friendly, yet f...
Stars
Kaoru Kobayashi
Kippei Shîna
Teruyuki Kagawa
Keiko Toda
Tomoka Kurotani
Yukika Sakuratani
Yawara Matsuda
Tarô Ishida
Kenji Mizuhashi
Chie Sakagami
Writers
Ryohei Akimoto
Kengo Ishiguro
Shoichi Maruyama
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi | Character: Watanabe Mitsuru
Actor: Kippei Shîna | Character: Tawada Satoru
Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa | Character: Isamu Nii
Actor: Keiko Toda | Character: Yoshiko Watanabe
Actor: Tomoka Kurotani | Character: Masumi Kubo
Actor: Yukika Sakuratani | Character: Mitsuko Watanabe
Actor: Yawara Matsuda | Character: Etsuo Watanabe
Actor: Tarô Ishida | Character: Hiroshi Totsuka
Actor: Kenji Mizuhashi | Character: Yuichi Sakai
Actor: Chie Sakagami | Character: Yoko Kamata
Actor: Mantarô Koichi | Character: Kawamoto
Actor: Kuidaore Uchuutei | Character: Yoshinaga
Actor: Kiyomi Tanikawa | Character: Kyoko Yaguchi
Actor: Kouzou Satou | Character: Ishibashi
Actor: Mariko Miyamoto | Character: Housewife
Actor: Kohei Yoshida | Character: Teruo Takahashi
Actor: Kento Terai | Character: Kenji Mito
Actor: Mitsuru Ochiai | Character: Toru Tsukamoto
Actor: Katsuya Nomaura | Character: Tomonori Kataoka
Actor: Yukio Hide | Character: Kaneko
Actor: Tomohiro Nakagawa | Character: Takano
Actor: Kiyohide Yamazaki | Character: Hirata
Actor: Reiko Nieda | Character: Sakurai
Actor: Akihiko Yamada | Character: Veterinarian
Actor: Shinobu Terajima | Character: Mitsuko Nii
Actor: Yûko Natori | Character: Ren Mito
Actor: Laffy | Character: Quill
Actor: Chibichibi Qoo | Character: Baby Quill
Actor: Beat | Character: Quill at 3 months
Actor: Chibi Qoo | Character: Quill at 7 months
Actor: Eri | Character: Older Quill
Actor: Mon | Character: Tsukisumi
Actor: Rosinate | Character: Poggie
Actor: Apollo | Character: Oliver
Actor: Yuma | Character: Pamela
[Directors Group]
Name: Yōichi Sai | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Ryohei Akimoto | Role: Writer
Name: Kengo Ishiguro | Role: Writer
Name: Shoichi Maruyama | Role: Writer
Name: Yoshihiro Nakamura | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Nozomi Enoki | Role: Producer
Name: Ichirô Yamamoto | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Kuricorder Quartet | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Jun'ichi Fujisawa | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Isao Kawase | Role: Editor
[Production Design Group]
Name: Tsutomu Imamura | Role: Production Designer
[Makeup Department]
Name: Etsuko Egawa | Role: Makeup Department
[Sound Department]
Name: Osamu Onodera | Role: Sound Department
[Additional Crew]
Name: Tadaomi Miya | Role: Additional Crew
Trailers
U.S. Version | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2315559705/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi2315559705/MV5BMjA2MTM4MDY1NF5BMTFeQW1wNF5BbWU3MDQ2NTEwNzc@.mp4?Expires=1788396637&Signature=pZKMV7BhxZRzQJkCoHB4Z4gqoG4gGJKXqaclH4t1MHPhqGryxfIbEtvkEju8~9ezOfFYEUgz70uC7dw2NBW0VkQJFo9qlmDS42l2y04QjttJvyK3V9XysSaOK20ZfER82Ke0UjKr1mDe8-xzYfvy2wUpc3N1g42YiJ5DkXo5ZrtGa6FHy1ebKHtedpWiaq2grTZp3OK0He5wnL6nmKGznDJAJt~Uu6ehmePtW6gqCg48tBESTYEYL5Tsl6ADlOb3ZTm7YzscMLSgkg6nPOa6Ral88fChDvoWYNHuRmFKHCGCWLUdCksOneACzrVGjtzUCwHoKQODJ0I6wX7IHkwrug__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA
Release Schedule
Japan: March 13, 2004
Thailand: September 16, 2004 (limited)
Canada: September 17, 2004 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Taiwan: November 12, 2004
Germany: April 17, 2005 (Nippon Connection Film Festival)
Canada: September 25, 2005 (Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival)
Germany: May 26, 2009 (DVD premiere)
South Korea: January 7, 2010
Netherlands: February 4, 2010 (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
United States: May 18, 2012
Belarus: February 20, 2013 (Contemporary Japanese Film Festival)
Vietnam: October 16, 2020 (Japan Hour)
Taiwan: March 27, 2026 (re-release, restored version)
Awards
Nominee | 2005 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Hong Kong Film Award | Best Asian Film | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog | Japan.
Winner | 2004 | Hochi Film Awards | Hochi Film Award | Best Director | Yōichi Sai, Blood and Bones, Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Winner | 2005 | Kinema Junpo Awards | Kinema Junpo Award | Best Director | Yōichi Sai, Blood and Bones, Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Box Office
Hong Kong: USD 1778866
Japan: USD 19270242
South Korea: USD 42125
Thailand: USD 46000
Taiwan: USD 1249451
Domestic: USD 15674
Period: Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2004 | Rank: 18 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 1778866 | Interval gross: USD 1778866 | Per theater average: USD 61340
