Teaser - Wanko: The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog (Rock: Wanko no Shima)

The official website for Isamu Nakae’s Wanko: The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog has been launched with a 30-second teaser trailer.

As reported by Tokyograph back in November, the film was inspired by a real dog which was featured in a segment called “Kyou no Wanko” (today’s doggie) on the Fuji TV morning program “Mezamashi TV”.

In the film, a family consisting of father Matsuo (Ryuta Sato), mother Takako (Kumiko Aso), grandmother Fusako (Mitsuko Baisho), and son Shin (Ryunosuke Hashino) live together happily at the bed and breakfast they run on Miyakejima, one of the Izu islands. However, in August of 2000, the residents of Miyakejima are forced to evacuate the island immediately due to a volcanic eruption and Shin must abandon his dog, Rock, whom he had grown up with since birth. Years later, the two are miraculously reunited.

Toho will be releasing “Wanko: The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog” in Japan on July 23, 2011.