I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life
1983, Japanese. Directed by Kimio Yabuki.
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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- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
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- Japanese
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- Released
- 9 February 1983
- Original title
- 吾輩は犬である ドン松五郎の生活
- Country
- Japan
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I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 February 1983. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life?
I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life (1983) was directed by Kimio Yabuki and stars Yasuo Yamada, Fuyumi Shiraishi, Mami Koyama.