Alley Cat

Synopsis

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

Main Cast

Yosuke Kubozuka

Maru

Age : 44 | Popularity : 4%

Kenji Furuya

Lily

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Yui Ichikawa

Saeko

Age : 38 | Popularity : 3%

Ryoma Baba

Kengo Hashimoto

Age : 39 | Popularity : 10%

Hiroshi Shinagawa

Toshiro Tamaki

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Masaki Miura

Michiya Kakizawa

Age : 48 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Hideo Sakaki
Camera	Director of Photography	Shin Hayasaka
Writing	Screenplay	Masashi Shimizu
Department	Role	Name

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