Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo

Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo

Asahiyama dôbutsuen: Pengin ga sora o tobu
🎞️ Movie 112 min JP
โ˜… 6.2 /10 2008

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.

Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida
Toshiyuki Nishida
Kanji Takizawa
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Yasuhi Nakamura
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Ai Maeda
Ai Maeda
Makoto Ogawa
Keiko Horiuchi
Keiko Horiuchi
Sanae Ikeuchi
Takashi Sasano
Takashi Sasano
Saburo Isogai
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Zen Kajihara
Atsuya Mitamura
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Leader of Animal Protection Group
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Hisako Manda
New Mayor
Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Keisuke Nirasaki
Sei Hiraizumi
Sei Hiraizumi
Mayor Uesugi
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Haseo Nakanishi
Composer
Ryûdô Uzaki
Ryûdô Uzaki
Composer
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Yûdai Katô
Cinematographer