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
Movie Info
Release Date: 7/15/2017
Runtime: 129 min
Director: Hideo Sakaki
Top Cast
Yosuke Kubozuka
Maru
Yui Ichikawa
Saeko
Ryoma Baba
Kengo Hashimoto
Hiroshi Shinagawa
Toshiro Tamaki
Masaki Miura
Michiya Kakizawa
Shōhei Hino
Yasuo Hashiba
Yohta Kawase
Naoki Taguchi
Nobu Morimoto
Yutaka Morioka
Yoichi Kuramochi
Yuya Takagawa
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