Dog Star (2002)

Name: Dog Star
Director: Takahisa Zeze
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 2002-04-27
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa, Haruka Igawa, Ryo Ishibashi, Shigeru Izumiya

Comedy Romance

Director: Takahisa Zeze

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa, Haruka Igawa, Ryo Ishibashi, Shigeru Izumiya

Runtime125 min

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A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained him as a puppy. While attempting to get to know her (as he runs along behind her and sniffs for her around town) he eventually falls in love with her.

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Fans of quirky, heartwarming romantic comedies will especially appreciate the charming premise and performances in Dog Star, the 2002 film directed by Takahisa Zeze. The unique story of a seeing-eye dog who becomes human to reconnect with his former puppy trainer provides a fresh, whimsical take on the classic boy-meets-girl tale, with standout turns from leads Etsushi Toyokawa and Haruka Igawa.

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Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky, located in the southern constellation of Canis Major. Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated α CMa or Alpha CMa. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is almost twice as bright as Canopus, the next brightest star. Sirius is a binary star consisting of a main-sequence star of spectral type A0 or A1, termed Sirius A, and a faint white dwarf companion of spectral type DA2, termed Sirius B. The distance between the two varies between 8.2 and 31.5 astronomical units as they orbit every 50 years.