Quill

Emotionally powerful without resorting to excess sentimentality, this Japanese drama follows the life and times of the title dog, an adorable Labrador whose trainer (Kippei Shiina) attempts to teach him how to be an effective guide dog. Eventually matched with an older blind man (Kaoru Kobayashi), Quill gets into many scrapes with his new master even as their bond strengthens into something truly special. With Teruyuki Kagawa, Keiko Toda. 100 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English. In Japanese with English subtitles.