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Mr. Matsuzawa is a novelist who lives in Chiba Prefecture. Only his daughter Kazuko knows that the family dog, Don Matsugorou, can talk. Don is wounded in a fight with the neighbors' dog, King, a nouveau-riche mongrel with ideas above his station. At the vet, however, he falls in love with a little patchwork puppy called Chotaro.

Yasuo Yamada

Fuyumi Shiraishi

Mami Koyama

Ichiro Nagai

Masashi Amenomori

Hiroshi Otake

Toshio Furukawa

Takako Sasuga

Kazuhiko Kishino

Kaneto Shiozawa
I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life is a animation, comedy film released in 1983. Directed by Kimio Yabuki, it stars Yasuo Yamada, Fuyumi Shiraishi, Mami Koyama. Mr. Matsuzawa is a novelist who lives in Chiba Prefecture. Only his daughter Kazuko knows that the family dog, Don Matsugorou, can talk. Don is wounded in a fight with the neighbors' dog, King, a nouveau-riche mongrel with ideas above his station. At the vet, however, he falls in love with a little patchwork puppy called Chotaro.
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