Tibet Inu Monogatari: Kin'iro no Dao Jie

Title:Tibet Inu Monogatari: Kin'iro no Dao Jie
The Tibetan Dog
チベット犬物語 金色のドージェ
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Notables: Animation - Madhouse
Jiantan is a young boy who has to leave Xi'an after the death of his mother to go deep into the Tibetan prairies and start living with the father he barely remembers. His dad, LaGeBa, is a busy doctor who decided to depart from the city and reside in Tibet where he is the essential physician of the poor community he lives in. To help his father, Jiantan has to learn how to herd sheep. While trying to learn his new responsibility, he is saved by a stray gold-colored Tibetan Mastiff. Both Jiantan and the big dog help each other as they try to adjust to this new environment.
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90-minute film that premiered on July 15, 2011.
Animated by Madhouse.
A Chinese-Japanese animated film collaboration.
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Buy 9 9 8 7 8 Ggultra2764 [series:3496#1552]
The Tibetan Dog focuses on a boy named Jiantan bonding with a golden-furred Tibetan Mastiff dog as both find themselves having a connection with one another due to being newcomers within the small Tibetan community they become part of. The series is rather realistic in depicting the actions of the dogs within the film and life within the Tibetan mountains, as this is the first instance of an Asian animated work I have seen with a unique setting like this. Still, the crux of the film is Jiantan adjusting to life in his new setting with his father and bonding with the golden-furred dog he becomes acquainted with. This bond is shown prominently later in the film when members of the Tibetan town suspect that the dog may be responsible for a series of murders on animals and humans. The resolution to this event is bittersweet, but the film refreshingly doesn't go for any melodramatic gimmickry to cop-out the events leading up to its ending. It also doesn't hurt that the film is nicely animated with beautiful scenic shots of the Tibetan landscape, realistic animal designs, and fluid movement a consistent sight throughout the film. While Tibetan Dog has been advertised in the East as a family film, the film may not be appropriate for younger audiences as there is a fair amount of violence committed by and against animals at points throughout the film, just to point this out to difference in content sensibilities between American and Japanese audiences. Still, the film made for a solid and engaging watch thanks to its simple story of a human-animal bonding that could appeal to any family member so long as you aren't sensitive to the mentioned violence within the film.

Last updated Saturday, March 10 2018. Created Saturday, March 10 2018.

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