Quill (film)

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Quill
Official film poster
Directed by	Yōichi Sai
Written by	Shōichi Maruyama Yoshihiro Nakamura Ryōhei Akimoto (novel) Kengo Ishiguro (novel)
Produced by	Nozomu Enoki Ichirō Yamamoto
Starring	Kaoru Kobayashi Kippei Shiina Yukika Sakuratani Teruyuki Kagawa Shinobu Terajima
Cinematography	Junichi Fujisawa
Edited by	Isao Kawase
Music by	Kuricorder Quartet
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	March 13, 2004 (2004-03-13)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$21 million[1][2]

Quill (クイール, Kuīru) is a 2004 Japanese drama film about a guide dog, first released in Japan on 13 March 2004 and on DVD on 25 September 2004. It was also shown at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on 17 September 2004.

The film is directed by Yōichi Sai and adapted from the original novel The Life of Quill, the Seeing-Eye Dog (盲導犬クイールの一生, Mōdōken Kuīru no Isshō) by Ryohei Akimoto and Kengo Ishiguro, based on a true story. Prior to the release of this film, NHK produced a TV drama adaptation of the novel, which aired from June 16 to July 28, 2003.^[3]