Japan Synopsis
犬と私の10の約束
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother…
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with 10 Promises to My Dog. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2007–2009 Japan Window
10 Promises to My Dog holds position #149 of 362 Japan films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when 10 Promises to My Dog premiered alongside 124 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 124 other Japan films in 2008.
The 2043rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
21 audience reviews — more than 38% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 36th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on 10 Promises to My Dog, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- human animal relationship · 5
- dog · 23
- animal · 21
- japan · 454
- family relationships · 57
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,227 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (51st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #984 of 1,933 (top 51%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 1h 57m |
| Release Date | March 15, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1179271 |