Release Date

07 Feb, 2009

Runtime

01:52: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

旭山動物園物語 ペンギンが空をとぶ

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Actors

西田敏行

中村靖日

前田愛

堀内敬子

六平直政

塩見三省

岸部一徳

柄本明

長門裕之

麿赤兒

Crew

Yasuhiro Koshimizu

津川雅彦

Tadahisa Sakamoto