22-year-old actress Erika Toda has been cast as the female lead in Go Shichitaka’s upcoming film Dog×Police.
The film revolves around a special division of the police force which uses trained dogs in cases of terrorism, violent crime, and rescue missions after large-scale natural disasters. Toda will play a police dog trainer named Natsuki Mizuno. Her character will be partnered with co-star Hayato Ichihara’s character, a fellow trainer named Yusaku Hayakawa.
According to Toda, it’s important to convey the strength and selflessness of these dogs, especially with some of the dogs from their film shoot now out working in disaster-affected areas. “Now that Tohoku earthquake has happened, five dogs have been risking their lives to rescue people,” she said. “I felt a sense of duty that the passion, daily effort, and struggles of handlers be conveyed.”
Ichihara, Saburo Tokito, and a few other cast members were...
The film revolves around a special division of the police force which uses trained dogs in cases of terrorism, violent crime, and rescue missions after large-scale natural disasters. Toda will play a police dog trainer named Natsuki Mizuno. Her character will be partnered with co-star Hayato Ichihara’s character, a fellow trainer named Yusaku Hayakawa.
According to Toda, it’s important to convey the strength and selflessness of these dogs, especially with some of the dogs from their film shoot now out working in disaster-affected areas. “Now that Tohoku earthquake has happened, five dogs have been risking their lives to rescue people,” she said. “I felt a sense of duty that the passion, daily effort, and struggles of handlers be conveyed.”
Ichihara, Saburo Tokito, and a few other cast members were...
- 4/12/2011
- Nippon Cinema
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