- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 2012-05-18
- Director: Yoichi Sai
- Writers: Ryohei Akimoto , Kengo Ishiguro , Shoichi Maruyama , Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Kaoru Kobayashi , Kippei Shiina , Teruyuki Kagawa , Keiko Toda , Tomoka Kurotani , Yukika Sakuratani , Yawara Matsuda , Taro Ishida , Kenji Mizuhashi , Chie Sakagami
- Runtime: 100 min
- Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
- AKA: Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (United States of America) , Quill: A Vida de um Cão-Guia (Brazil) , Quill, Chú Chó Dẫn Đường (Vietnam) , Ein Hund namens Quill (Germany) , 再見了,可魯 (Taiwan) , Quill , Куилл (Russian Federation) , Quill (United Kingdom) , Quill - Ein Freund für's Leben (Austria) , クイール (Japan)
- Plot:
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. Tawada 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.
- IMDB:tt0400761
Yoichi Sai
Director
Kaoru Kobayashi
Mitsuru Watanabe
Kippei Shiina
Satoru Tawada
Yukika Sakuratani
Mitsuko Watanabe
Keiko Toda
Mrs. Watanabe
Teruyuki Kagawa
Isamu Nii
Shinobu Terajima
Mitsuko Nii
Kenji Mizuhashi
Yuichi Sakai