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Title: Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
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| Kaoru Kobayashi | ... | Watanabe Mitsuru | |
| Kippei Shîna | ... | Tawada Satoru | |
| Teruyuki Kagawa | ... | Isamu Nii | |
| Keiko Toda | ... | Yoshiko Watanabe | |
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Tomoka Kurotani | ... | Masumi Kubo |
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Yukika Sakuratani | ... | Mitsuko Watanabe |
| Yawara Matsuda | ... | Etsuo Watanabe | |
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Tarô Ishida | ... | Hiroshi Totsuka |
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Kenji Mizuhashi | ... | Yuichi Sakai |
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Chie Sakagami | ... | Yoko Kamata |
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Mantarô Koichi | ... | Kawamoto |
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Kuidaore Uchuutei | ... | Yoshinaga |
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Kiyomi Tanikawa | ... | Kyoko Yaguchi |
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Kouzou Satou | ... | Ishibashi |
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Mariko Miyamoto | ... | Housewife |
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 firm trainer Satoru Tawada. Although Quill is a little slower than the other dogs at the school, he seems to have an unusual 'empathy' and remarkable patience with his trainers. Tawade decides that Quill would be the ideal guide dog for Mitsuru Watanabe, but Wanatabe, a lonely and ill-tempered middle aged man, isn't as enthusiastic - he would "would rather sleep than be dragged around by a dog.". From here, the story is narrated by Wanatabe's daughter, Mitsuko, and slowly, Wantanbe is rehabilitated, venturing into the outside world, and learning, not only to trust other humans, but the animal at his side who guides him. Written by Anonymous
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Before watching this film, I was feeling quite excited as I just had a certain idea of what Sai Yoichi might be as a filmmaker. He started his illustrious career as an assistant for Nagisa Oshima on the highly controversial art film "Empire of the senses". It was the same film for which the famous gangster turned filmmaker Koji Wakamatsu provided funds. In the recent past, I had seen only one film directed by him "Blood and Bones". For me,although it was a very violent film I had ever seen in my life, it enabled me to keenly watch and observe Kitano Takeshi's acting talents. So it was with such pleasant expectations and unknown surprises that I began watching this film with my family. At the end of the film, I was feeling elated as I had discovered an hitherto unknown facet of Japanese culture. To begin with, "Quill" made me catch glimpses of family life in Japan as it was shot in a small town away for the bustling metropolis Tokyo. Watching this film made me realize how much value people from Asian countries especially Koreans, Chinese and Japanese attach to English language and culture. It is true that one should try not to be sentimental about dogs, what pleased me the most was the emotional bond which Yochi Sai depicted by making a blind person aware of his dog's worthiness. There are moments of sadness in the film but all in all they served their purpose well. This is a point which all serious viewers would take away with them when they watch this simple, frank and honest film.