''Dog×Police'' is a 2011 Japanese film directed by
Go Shichitaka, about a special division of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department which uses trained dogs in cases of
terrorism,
violent crime, and
rescue mission
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s. The film is based on the novel by Yoichi Komori.
Plot
Yusaku Hayakawa (
Hayato Ichihara) dreamed of one day becoming a detective. Instead, he now works as a trainer for police dogs at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. One day, Yusaku gets an
Albino Shepherd named Shiro whom others say can never become a police dog due to a genetic disorder. Nevertheless, Yusaku and Shiro become attached as he trains Shiro to become a guard dog. Sometimes guard dogs are treated as equipment and other times required to become a human shield, but Yusaku and female police officer Natsuki (
Erika Toda
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Toda has starred in many Japanese television dramas, including ''Liar Game'', ''Code Blue'', '' Ryusei no Kizuna'', and ''Keizoku 2: SPEC''. She has also had supporting roles in many other popular TV dramas, such a ...
) are against this. A series of explosions then take place as a serial bomber strikes Tokyo.
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2011 films
2010s Japanese-language films
Police dogs in fiction
2010s Japanese films
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