A Girl & Her Guard Dog (2025): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2025, A Girl & Her Guard Dog is a drama and romance film directed by Keiichi Kobayashi, running about 106 minutes.

What it’s about. Senagaki Isaku will be a first-year high school student starting in spring. Her grandfather is the third head of the Senagaki group, a yakuza organization, so she is feared by those around her. However, starting from spring, she hopes to make normal friends and normally fall in love. She is admitted into a high school further from her hometown, however, the overprotective young head of the Senagaki group, Utou Keiya, (26 years old) falsifies his age and enters the school with her through a backdoor admission...?! Keiya proclaims that love is too early for her although Isaku is perfectly ready. In truth, she has held an unrequited love for Keiya for quite some time.

Who’s in it. A Girl & Her Guard Dog stars Riko Fukumoto as Isaku Senagaku, Jesse as Keiya Uto, Kaito Sakurai as Tanuki Mikio and Kanon as Ando, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.3/10, A Girl & Her Guard Dog has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Rakuten Viki. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch A Girl & Her Guard Dog page.

If you liked it. Fans of A Girl & Her Guard Dog tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.