Alley Cat

6.0
20172h 9m

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

Cast

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Ryoma Baba

Kengo Hashimoto

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Hiroshi Shinagawa

Toshiro Tamaki

Photo of Masaki Miura

Masaki Miura

Michiya Kakizawa

Photo of Shōhei Hino

Shōhei Hino

Yasuo Hashiba

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Yohta Kawase

Naoki Taguchi

Photo of Yutaka Morioka

Yutaka Morioka

Yoichi Kuramochi

Photo of Elisa Yanagi

Elisa Yanagi

Mizuki Tada

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