Alley Cat

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

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 15, 2017

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Yutaka Morioka,Masaki Miura,Yuya Takagawa,Hiroshi Shinagawa,Takuma Okamoto,Yosuke Kubozuka,Yui Ichikawa,Shōhei Hino,Nobu Morimoto,Kenji Furuyaand 5 more

Director

Hideo Sakaki

Writer

Tadashi Shimizu

Producer

Tsuyoshi Nakano

Cinematography

Shin Hayasaka

Music

Izumi Sakaki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt6347492