Story

Based on the true story of Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, 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 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.

Cast

• Toshiyuki Nishida
  Toshiyuki Nishida
  is a Japanese actor. Outside of Japan, Nishida is best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the TV series Monkey.Toshiyuki Nishida has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Huang in 1988 and Gakko and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993...
  
   as Kosuge Masao
• Yasuhi Nakamura as Bando Gen.
• Ai Maeda
  Ai Maeda (actress)
  is a Japanese model and actress.-Biography:Maeda is notable for performing Shiori Kitano in the 2003 film Battle Royale II: Requiem, as well as for voicing the title role in the anime series Kino's Journey . Her younger sister is Aki Maeda...
  
  
• Keiko Horiuchi
• Mitsuru Fukikoshi
• Takashi Sasano
  Takashi Sasano
  is a Japanese actor best known in the West for his role in the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures.He is known to master variety of acting styles...
  
  
• Zen Kajiwara
  Zen Kajiwara
  Zen Kajiwara , born 25 February 1966 in Okayama, Japan, is a Japanese theatre actor. Originally a member of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys theatrical troupe, he now works mainly with the Gekidan Shinkansen troupe....
  
  
• Hisako Manda
  Hisako Manda
  ' is a Japanese actress.She was the Japanese representative at Miss Universe 1978 in Acapulco, Mexico, but did not advance to the semifinals.-External links:* Profile* Profile...
  
  
• Sansei Shiomi
• Naomasa Musaka
• Hiroyuki Nagato
  Hiroyuki Nagato
  was a Japanese actor.Nagato was born in Kyoto. He starred in Season of the Sun, Endless Desire, My Second Brother, Stolen Desire, and Sukeban Deka, and Yo-Yo Girl Cop. He died in Tokyo on May 21, 2011....
  
  
• Ittoku Kishibe
• Akira Emoto
• Naomasa Musaka
• Zen Kajihara
• Taro Ishida
  Taro Ishida
  ' is a Japanese actor and seiyū from the city of Kyoto.-Career:Ishida is a chief priest at a Buddhist temple in Kanazawa, Ishikawa.Ishida is affiliated with Granpapa Production and his former stage name is '....
  
  
• Houka Kinoshita
• Akaji Maro
  Akaji Maro
  is a Japanese actor, Butoka, and theater director. He was born in Sakurai, Nara and is the founder of Dairakudakan. His son is Nao Ōmori.-Film:*Yakuza Weapon *Sakigake!! Otokojuku *Makai Tensho *Kill Bill Vol...
  
  
• Junichi Haruta

Staff

• Director: Masahiko Makino
• Writer: Koshimizu Yasuhiro
• Music: 宇崎竜童, 中西長谷雄
• Committee members Producers: Kadokawa Pictures , NTT DoCoMo , Japan Film Fund
• Distributor: Kadokawa Pictures

External links

• Kadokawa Pictures