Trailer - Inubaka

A trailer has finally been added to the official website for Yoriko Jun’s live-action adaptation of Yukiya Sakuragi’s manga Inubaka.

The film stars Suzanne as a dog lover named Suguri Miyauchi who moves from Kumamoto to Tokyo with her beloved male mixed breed dog, Lupin. When they arrive, Lupin suddenly bolts in a specific direction. By the time Suguri catches up, Lupin has already mounted a purebred Labrador Retriever named Noa as her owner Teppei (Hidenori Tokuyama) looks on in shock. Teppei is the manager of a pet store called “Woofles” and coerces Suguri into taking a job there to make up for Noa’s defilement.

Teppei watches in amazement as Suguri’s connection with dogs becomes evident. She’s willing to pick up dog poop by hand, all the puppies in Woofles pee with joy when they see her, and she seems to be able to understand what the dogs are thinking at any given time. Surrounded by a bunch of cute dogs, an often thoughtless shop employee named Kentaro (Ryosuke Okada), and various customers, Suguri manages to spark quite a few unexpected happenings at her new workplace.

“Inubaka” will open at Shibuya Theater Tsutaya on November 21, 2009 with subsequent dates to follow.