A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies

The film takes up a Japanese family. The family has a dog. The dog is called Mari. Mari gives birth to three puppies. The account is built on the bond between the family and the animals. Then a great earthquake happens. The earthquake leaves great disorder behind it. Rescue work goes on inside that disorder. Mari and her puppies are caught in the middle of these events. The film is put together as a family drama. The account carries the children’s point of view as well. Eiichiro Funakoshi and Ryohei Hirota take the leads, with Mao Kobayashi and Yukijiro Hotaru also in the cast, in Ryuichi Inomata’s Japanese film of 2007.