A big furry white Akita arrives wonders into the town of Ajigasawa, Aomori - within view of the Shirakami Mountain Range. The dog is tired and in fact has travelled all the way from Tokyo to find its owner. The Akita dog then runs into Setsuko Kikuya (Hiroko Yakushimaru), the owner of a squid restaurant. The dog doesn't seem to follow anybody and has a habit of appearing and disappearing.
Through several cases likes the Nebutsu Festival & the Ajigasawa Triathlon Event, the relationship between Tetsuko and the Akita dog becomes closer ...
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Title: Wasao Also Known As: わさお / Wasao Country: Japan Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Year: 2011 Genre: Drama
Cast:
Hiroko Yakushimaru - Setsuko Kikuya
Mitsuru Hirata - Hiroshi Kikuya (Setsuko's husband)
Masahiro Komoto - Tatsuya
Sawa Suzuki - Naoko
Masaki Izawa - Akira Tagawa
Jun Yoshinaga - Maki Tagawa (Akira's sister)
Daisuke Shima - Ihara
Mikio Osawa - Veterinarian Tanioka
Toshinori Omi - Tsuyoshi Tagawa (Akira's father)
Sabu Kawahara - old man
Mansaku Fuwa - old man
Koichi Ueda - old man
Shiro Sano - Shigeo (Naoko's father)
Takashi Sasano - Hasegawa (matagi/hunter)
Makiko Kuno - Misako Tagawa
Seira Maeda - Sayo (student)
Kai Inowaki - Tomoya (student)
Ouki Fujimoto - student
Yoshizumi Ito - grandfather
