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Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

2004 · 100 min

A gentle, heartfelt journey through a dog's life that quietly builds to a deeply moving and tearful farewell.

Directed by
Yōichi Sai
Genres
Drama
Tagline
A dog's life is never as easy as it looks.
Overview
A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.

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Directed by
Yōichi Sai
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loyalty
  • grief
  • isolation
  • healing
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Yōichi Sai
Written by
Shōichi Maruyama, Yoshihiro Nakamura
Starring
Kaoru Kobayashi, Kippei Shiina, Teruyuki Kagawa, Keiko Toda, Tomoka Kurotani, Kozo Sato, Taro Ishida, Yukika Sakuratani
Cinematography
Junichi Fujisawa
Runtime
100 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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