Isle of Dogs (Japanese: 犬ヶ島, Hepburn: Inu ga Shima, lit. 'Dog Island') is a 2018 stop-motion animated dystopian movie written, produced, and directed by Wes Anderson, narrated by Courtney B. Vance, and starring an ensemble cast that consists of Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Kunichi Nomura, Tilda Swinton, Ken Watanabe, Akira Ito, Greta Gerwig, Akira Takayama, Frances McDormand, F. Murray Abraham, Yojiro Noda, Fisher Stevens, Mari Natsuki, Nijiro Murakami, Yoko Ono, Harvey Keitel, and Frank Wood. A U.S.–German co-production, Isle of Dogs was produced by Indian Paintbrush and Anderson's own American Empirical Pictures, in association with Studio Babelsberg.
The film is set in the fictional Japanese city of Megasaki where Mayor Kenji Kobayashi has banished all dogs to Trash Island due to a canine influenza pandemic. Kobayashi's nephew Atari sets out to find his missing dog Spots with the help of a group of dogs led by stray dog Chief.
Victims[]
Before Isle of Dogs[]
- Unnamed Male Kobayashi Clan Leader - Decapitated by a warrior off-screen, picture shown.
- Buster - Committed suicide by hanging himself with his own leash, mentioned.
- Sport - Starved after being left in a cage for too long, skeleton shown.
- Dog - Died of an unknown cause, gizzard shown.
Isle of Dogs[]
- Two Unnamed Male Kobayashi Officials - Mauled by Rex, King, Duke, and Boss off-screen, implied. Shared kill.
- Professor Watanabe - Poisoned by a chef under the orders of Major Domo.
- Three Unnamed Male Kobayashi Officials - Poisoned after an activist messed with the electronics used to exterminate the dogs on trash island, instead filling up their protective suits.
After Isle of Dogs[]
- Major Domo - Killed by the government off-screen, mentioned.
Deaths[]
- Total - 11
- 8 Humans
- All Men
- 3 Dogs
- 2 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 1 Male
- 8 Humans
Kill Counts[]
- Rex - 2 (All Shared) (Alive)
- King - 2 (All Shared) (Alive)
- Duke - 2 (All Shared) (Alive)
- Boss - 2 (All Shared) (Alive)
- Major Domo - 1 (All by Proxy) (Deceased)