| Date |
¡G |
11-09-2008 |
| Genre |
¡G |
Drama |
| Description |
¡G |
Akari Saito (Mayuko Fukuda) is a 14-year-old girl living in the city of Hakodate in Japan¡¦s northern prefectural island of Hokkaido. Secure in gentle and compassionate love of her father Yuichi (Etsushi Toyokawa), and mother Fumiko (Reiko Takashima) , Akari is leading a carefree childhood free of want. The only seed of dissatisfaction comes from having to watch her father, a promising surgeon at a university hospital, grow busier and busier at the cost of time spent with her.
And then one fateful day, Akari¡¦s ever cheerful and energetic mother falls ill and is hospitalized. Just as worry and loneliness begin to take their toll on her, a stray puppy wanders into her yard. Taking the puppy with her on a visit to her mother in the hospital, she receives approval to keep it. It is a female Golden Retriever with white markings on its paws. They name him ¡§Socks.¡¨ Before Akari leaves, her mother sits her down and carefully explains ¡V by pretending to use the voice of Socks - the ¡§10 Promises¡¨ Akari must keep to her new dog as her master. |
