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Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky

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.

Top Cast

  • Toshiyuki Nishida

    Toshiyuki Nishida

    Kanji Takizawa

  • Yasuhi Nakamura

    Yasuhi Nakamura

    Tsuyoshi Yoshida

  • Ai Maeda

    Ai Maeda

    Makoto Ogawa

  • Keiko Horiuchi

    Keiko Horiuchi

    Sanae Ikeuchi

  • Naomasa Musaka

    Naomasa Musaka

    Teruo Mitani

  • Sansei Shiomi

    Sansei Shiomi

    Genta Tobe

  • Ittoku Kishibe

    Ittoku Kishibe

    Seinosuke Yanagihara

  • Akira Emoto

    Akira Emoto

    Itsuro Usui

  • Hiroyuki Nagato

    Hiroyuki Nagato

    Keisuke Nirasaki

Overview

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.

Rating

8.8 / 10
8 Reviews
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