Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo (旭山動物園物語 ペンギンが空をとぶ) 15 years old

Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo

Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young. Yoshida soon realizes that Asahiyama Zoo is facing a financial crisis and the zoo director Takizawa (Toshiyuki Nishida) has been doing everything in his power to save the zoo from closing down. Moved by Takizawa's passion, Yoshida and other zoo keepers came to share the zoo director's belief that one's dreams can come true, and together they tackle this seemingly impossible task of revitalizing Asahiyama. A breakthrough arrives in the form of “Behavioral Exhibition,†a method that is pioneered by Ashiyama's zoo keepers and which eventually makes the zoo renowned throughout the world.

Credits

Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo Cast

Name Character
Akira Emoto He was 60, now 75 years old as Itsuro Usui
Ittoku Kishibe He was 62, now 77 years old as Seinosuke Yanagihara
Ai Maeda She was 33, now 49 years old as Makoto Ogawa
Hiroyuki Nagato He was 75, 77 years old when he died as Keisuke Nirasaki
Yasuhi Nakamura He was 36, now 51 years old as Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Sansei Shiomi He was 61, now 76 years old as Genta Tobe
Naomasa Musaka He was 54, now 70 years old as Teruo Mitani
Toshiyuki Nishida He was 61, now 76 years old as Kanji Takizawa

Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo Crew

Name Department
Masahiko Tsugawa as Director. He was 69 (78) years old when He died Directing
Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo poster
Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo (15 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, February 07, 2009