Rent-a-Cat
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Profile
- Movie: RENT-A-CAT
- Romaji: Rentaneko
- Japanese: レンタネコ
- Director: Naoko Ogigami
- Writer: Naoko Ogigami
- Producer: Maki Kubota, Shuichi Komuro, Kumi Kobata
- Cinematographer: Kazutaka Abe
- World Premiere: February, 2012 (Berlin International Film Festival)
- Release Date: May 12, 2012
- Runtime: 110 min.
- Genre: Drama/Comedy
- Distributor: Suurkiitos
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
An odd woman named Sayoko (Mikako Ichikawa) rents cats to lonely people. Some of the renters include an old woman who lost her husband and her cat, a middle-aged man who moved away from his family for work, a woman at a reception desk who questions her existence and a man who has a connection with Sayoko.
Cast
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| Mikako Ichikawa | Reiko Kusamura | Ken Mitsuishi |
| Sayoko | Yoshioka | Yoshida |
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| Maho Yamada | Kei Tanaka | Katsuya Kobayashi |
| Yoshikawa | Yoshizawa | mysterious neighbor |
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Film Festivals
- 2012 (62nd) Berlin International Film Festival - February 9-19, 2012 - Panorama *World Premiere
- 2012 (14th) Udine Far East Film - April 20-April 28, 2012 *Italian Premiere
Rin Says:
Feb 17 2012 7:15 pm
Sounds like a heartwarming story. Cant wait to check it out~