
Spots arrives with an army of dogs, and they fend off the assailants together. They rejoin the group and locate the cannibal tribe, but are ambushed by Kobayashi's men. He bonds with Atari as they continue their journey. Chief remembers being part of a litter of which all but one died. Noticing the similarity between Chief and Spots, Atari realizes they must be of the same extremely rare breed. Atari gives Chief a bath, which reveals that his coat is actually white. Kobayashi claims Atari was kidnapped by the dogs and vows to kill the dogs as punishment.ĭuring the journey, Atari and Chief are separated from the others. An American exchange student, Tracy Walker, suspects a conspiracy and begins to investigate. The professor is put on house arrest for criticizing Kobayashi and is then killed by poisoned wasabi in sushi. Professor Watanabe finds a cure and shows the results to Kobayashi, who still refuses to lift the dog ban.

They seek advice from two sage dogs, Jupiter and Oracle, who warn them of the existence of an isolated tribe of cannibal dogs. At the insistence of a female purebreed named Nutmeg, Chief reluctantly decides to accompany the group on their search. Together, they fend off a rescue team Kobayashi sends to retrieve Atari. The pack decides to help Atari locate Spots, although Chief, a former stray, is reluctant to fraternize with humans. After crash-landing, Atari is rescued by a pack of dogs led by a black dog named Chief. Six months later, Atari steals a plane and flies to Trash Island to search for Spots. The first to be exiled is Spots, who belonged to Atari Kobayashi, the orphaned nephew and ward of the mayor. The new, authoritarian mayor of Megasaki City, Kobayashi, signs a decree banishing all dogs to Trash Island, despite a scientist named Professor Watanabe insisting he is close to finding a cure for the dog flu.

In a dystopian near-future Japan, an influenza virus spreads throughout the canine population, with a risk of crossing to humans. A manga adaptation of the film by Minetarō Mochizuki was published in 2018, beginning with the May 24 issue of Weekly Morning. It has grossed $63 million worldwide, and received praise for its animation, story, and deadpan humor.


It was given a limited release in the United States on March 23, 2018, by Fox Searchlight Pictures, and went on wide release on April 13. The film opened the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, where Anderson was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director. Murray Abraham, Frank Wood, Kunichi Nomura and Yoko Ono.Ī US–German co-production, Isle of Dogs was produced by Indian Paintbrush and Anderson's own production company, American Empirical Pictures, in association with Studio Babelsberg. Vance, Fisher Stevens, Harvey Keitel, Liev Schreiber, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, F. The film's ensemble voice cast includes Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, Courtney B. Set in a dystopian near-future Japan, the story follows a young boy searching for his dog after the species is banished to an island following the outbreak of a canine flu. Isle of Dogs (Japanese: 犬ヶ島 Hepburn: Inugashima) is a 2018 stop-motion animated film written, produced and directed by Wes Anderson.
