The Boy and the Dog (2025)

7.1/10 128 min Drama

Overview

6 months after the earthquake disaster in Sendai City, Nakagaki Kazumasa is a young man who has lost his job. He encounters a dog named Tamon on its dog tag, who lost its owner in the earthquake disaster. Kazumasa decides to take Tamon in, and the dog becomes attached to him and his family, but Tamon always seems concerned about something in the south direction. One day, while Kazumasa is involved in a dangerous incident, Tamon disappears. Later, in Shiga, Tamon is with Sugai Miwa, who has a sad secret. Kazumasa reunites with Tamon, and they start a new life together. Nevertheless, Tamon heads south because Tamon has a promise it wants to keep to a boy.

Cast

Fumiya Takahashi

Kazumasa Nakagaki

Nanase Nishino

Miwa Sugai

Takumi Saitoh

Toru Uchimura

Hitomi Miyauchi

Hisako Uchimura

Akira Emoto

Yaichi Katano

Rikka Ihara

Mayumi Nakagaki

Kentaro Ito

Tadashi Numaguchi

Yura Kimura

Hikaru Uchimura

Shuntaro Yanagi

Haruya Moriguchi

Wataru Ichinose

Miwa's Acquaintance

Jun Miho

Miwa's Mother

Satomi Tezuka

Kazumasa's Mother

Toru Masuoka

Kazumasa's Father

Lina Arashi

Member of foreign thieves gang

Noriko Eguchi

Vetenarian

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Date Club Staff

Hidekazu Mashima

Vetenarian

Yui Suzuki

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