There are a few dogs, which are frequently fed and look happy. One in particular, a Bassett hound, is taken home and caught in a crossfire, but is not injured.
Yes, the Japanese protagonist is whitewashed from the anime. After there was backlash against this leading up to the film's release, the filmmakers added a subplot that tries to explain that the character was born Japanese but turned white by some external force. This bit actually made the film even more racist, if anything, as they now have a white person playing someone who is canonically Asian.
the suicide in question takes the form of someone using something fastened around their neck to end their life. it's not a gallows situation by any means, but it still shook me up being what it is
No raceface but there's an incredibly awkward and shoehorned-in subplot about the protagonist being an Asian person who was turned white by an external force to try to justify the film's whitewashing.