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6.0 2h 9m

Alley Cat

A depressed ex-boxer (Yosuke Kubozuka) self-medicating for the injuries that ended his career finds a stray cat that brightens his day, but she is snatched up by a comical grungy mechanic (Kenji Furuya). Calling each other by the competing names they gave the cat, Maru and Lily, the odd pair is abruptly sucked into a political conspiracy with Saeko (Yui Ichikawa) and her son at the center. Witnessing another injustice in which the economic and social elite prey on the vulnerable, the two strays set off on the road to redemption, or at least peaceful cat ownership. (Fun fact: in addition to acting together in Alley Cat, Yosuke Kubozuka and Kenji “KJ” Furuya released the single “Soul Ship” in 2017. Kubozuka performs as Manji Line and Furuya in the band Dragon Ash.) -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Top Cast

  • Yosuke Kubozuka

    Yosuke Kubozuka

    Maru

  • Kenji Furuya

    Kenji Furuya

    Lily

  • Yui Ichikawa

    Yui Ichikawa

    Saeko

  • Ryoma Baba

    Ryoma Baba

    Kengo Hashimoto

  • Hiroshi Shinagawa

    Hiroshi Shinagawa

    Toshiro Tamaki

  • Masaki Miura

    Masaki Miura

    Michiya Kakizawa

  • Shōhei Hino

    Shōhei Hino

    Yasuo Hashiba

  • Yohta Kawase

    Yohta Kawase

    Naoki Taguchi

  • Nobu Morimoto

    Nobu Morimoto

Overview

A depressed ex-boxer (Yosuke Kubozuka) self-medicating for the injuries that ended his career finds a stray cat that brightens his day, but she is snatched up by a comical grungy mechanic (Kenji Furuya). Calling each other by the competing names they gave the cat, Maru and Lily, the odd pair is abruptly sucked into a political conspiracy with Saeko (Yui Ichikawa) and her son at the center. Witnessing another injustice in which the economic and social elite prey on the vulnerable, the two strays set off on the road to redemption, or at least peaceful cat ownership. (Fun fact: in addition to acting together in Alley Cat, Yosuke Kubozuka and Kenji “KJ” Furuya released the single “Soul Ship” in 2017. Kubozuka performs as Manji Line and Furuya in the band Dragon Ash.) -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film

Rating

6.0 / 10
2 Reviews
1 Popular

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