| Dog×Police | |
| Director: | Go Shichitaka |
| Producer: | Takahiro Sato |
| Starring: | Hayato Ichihara Erika Toda Jun Murakami Takanori Takeyama Shinnosuke Abe Saburo Tokito |
| Studio: | Japan NTV |
| Distributor: | Toho |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Gross: | $8,976,044[1] |
Dog×Police is a 2011 Japanese film directed by Go Shichitaka,[2] about a special division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department which uses trained dogs in cases of terrorism, violent crime, and rescue missions.[3] [4] The film is based on the novel by Yoichi Komori.[5]
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) are against this. A series of explosions then take place as a serial bomber strikes Tokyo.