Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
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Country Japan | 6.2/10 IMDb Duration Language Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 7, 2009 (2009-02-07) Writer Masao Kosuge (based upon the novel), Yasuhiro Koshimizu (screenplay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky (旭山動物園物語 ペンギンが空をとぶ) is a 2009 Japanese film.
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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
Staff
Theme Song
「夢になりたい」("I want to dream") 谷村新司 Tanimura Shinji (songwriter: Tanimura Shinji Arrangement: Yoshiharu Setoya)
References
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky WikipediaAsahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky IMDb