The read
A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10. The series ran 1 season across 10 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ordered to withdraw from the Antarctic station due to severe weather conditions. The dogs have to be left behind. The following year, the next team arrives at the Showa Base station and a miraculous reunion occurs between a dog handler accompanying the new tean and two dogs, Taro and Shiro, that are brothers.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
9 audience votes
Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 10 ep2011 |
Key crew
- Yu TakamiOriginal Music Composer
- Kei YoshikawaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Takuya KimuraTakeshi Kuramochi
- Haruka AyaseMiyuki Takaoka
- Kyôhei ShibataSuguru Shirasaki
- Teruyuki KagawaEitaro Hoshino
- Masato SakaiHaruhiko Himuro
- Naoto OgataNoriaki Utsumi
- Yusuke YamamotoNatsuo Inuzuka
- Susumu TerajimaNaohito Samejima
- Hisashi YoshizawaShinkichi Yokomine
- Yoshinori OkadaIkuzo Funaki
- Yôsuke KawamuraHajime Arashiyama
- Doronzu IshimotoKinpei Yamazato
Shows like Antarctica
Movies like Antarctica
Themes
based on true storysurvivalantarcticaanimalssled dogspost war japanpolar explorationdeterminationpolar expeditionsyowa stationshōwa era (1926-89)melodramatic