Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji
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Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji

A true story of miracles that occurred at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.

8.0 / 10 2007 1h 44mNR Japanese
DramaFamily

Storyline

Kazuya Uemura is an American veterinarian who has just arrived at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Uemura was busy working as a keeper, even though he was a veterinarian, based on the director's policy of learning about dolphins while doing work as a zookeeper, such as feeding and cleaning the pool. At the end of his busy summer vacation and his work was over, something unusual happened to Fuji, the mother dolphin who gave birth to three children. Her tail was damaged from necrosis. Medicine couldn't help her condition, otherwise, Fuji would die. Uemura decided to amputate Fuji's tail fins. Fuji managed to survive the amputation but was unable to swim. The granddaughter of the director, Michiru, sees Fuji could no longer swim and says to Uemura, "A dolphin that can't swim is not a dolphin." Uemura stood up: "I want Fuji to swim again, I want Fuji to soar in the air." The world's first dolphin tail recovery project has begun.

Cast & Crew

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Lead
Mitsuki Takahata

Mitsuki Takahata

Maki Nishiyama

Maki Nishiyama

Hiromi Nagasaku

Hiromi Nagasaku

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Maki Sakai

Maki Sakai

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tetsu Maeda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker