The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

Overview

It is the year 1988. Yamabuki is an eight-year-old little boy growing up in a traditional family where every family member has problems and secrets they try to hide from each other. The father runs a failing construction company and has an intimate relationship with another woman. The mother is struggling with severe depression, as she cannot cope with the death of her youngest child. The grandfather, who used to be a construction engineer, hopes to start building an amusement park, but to no avail. The grandmother runs a small store where she sells items of forged origin. Yamabuki's big sister Beni is fed up with the lies of her predecessors and is looking for a way to run away from home. In the midst of all this chaos, Yamabuki has started to find solace in patting an imaginary dog.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 9, 2026

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Pony Canyon

Cast

Mahiro Takasugi,Marika Ito,Mai Fukagawa,Yuko Ando,Yuka Kouri,Hiccorohee,Sawa Suzuki,Ken Yasuda,Kimiko Yo,Akira Emoto

Director

Yukihiro Morigaki

Writer

Tomoe Kanno,Haruna Terachi

Producer

Kenji Akazawa,Muneo Miyagawa

Cinematography

Yutaka Yamazaki

Music

Cali Wang

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt38778961