10 Promises To My Dog (犬と私の１０の約束, Inu to Watashi no Jū no Yakusoku) is a 2008 Japanese film.

The film was directed by Katsuhide Motoki, and stars Rena Tanaka, Mayuko Fukuda and Etsushi Toyokawa.

[2] Based on a novel by Hare Kawaguchi, this film tells the story of Akari Saito and her dog named Socks.

[4] Akari is neglected by her father, a top surgeon who works long hours and puts his career before family.

Her mother also makes Akari promise that she will follow The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership when she takes care of Socks.

Not long after Akari's mother died, the family moves to Sapporo because her father was given a lecturer post at a university there.

The "emergency" operation turns out to be a minor one, and he resigns after feeling guilty about disappointing his daughter.

However, she is reminded of the good friend Socks was when the dog helps Susumu gain enough confidence to play the guitar again after his accident.

As its energy saps away, Akari reads the Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership again to see if she had done what she had promised 10 years ago.

[3] This novel was in turn inspired by a set of rules entitled "The Ten Commandments of Dog Ownership".

[5] In particular, he said that Rena Tanaka "barely registers as the central character" and that "Ryo Kase fares even worse [than Rena Tanaka], but mostly because of his poorly-written plot device of a character than his acting skills in general.