
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Drama
Overview
Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young. Yoshida soon realizes that Asahiyama Zoo is facing a financial crisis and the zoo director Takizawa (Toshiyuki Nishida) has been doing everything in his power to save the zoo from closing down. Moved by Takizawa's passion, Yoshida and other zoo keepers came to share the zoo director's belief that one's dreams can come true, and together they tackle this seemingly impossible task of revitalizing Asahiyama. A breakthrough arrives in the form of “Behavioral Exhibition,†a method that is pioneered by Ashiyama's zoo keepers and which eventually makes the zoo renowned throughout the world.
Top Cast


Toshiyuki Nishida
Toshiyuki Nishida
Kanji Takizawa
Toshiyuki Nishida
Kanji Takizawa


Yasuhi Nakamura
Yasuhi Nakamura
Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Yasuhi Nakamura
Tsuyoshi Yoshida


Ai Maeda
Ai Maeda
Makoto Ogawa
Ai Maeda
Makoto Ogawa


Keiko Horiuchi
Keiko Horiuchi
Sanae Ikeuchi
Keiko Horiuchi
Sanae Ikeuchi


Naomasa Musaka
Naomasa Musaka
Teruo Mitani
Naomasa Musaka
Teruo Mitani


Sansei Shiomi
Sansei Shiomi
Genta Tobe
Sansei Shiomi
Genta Tobe


Ittoku Kishibe
Ittoku Kishibe
Seinosuke Yanagihara
Ittoku Kishibe
Seinosuke Yanagihara


Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto
Itsuro Usui
Akira Emoto
Itsuro Usui


Hiroyuki Nagato
Hiroyuki Nagato
Keisuke Nirasaki
Hiroyuki Nagato
Keisuke Nirasaki


Akaji Maro
Akaji Maro
Akaji Maro
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