Samurai Cat

  • January 14, 2018 / 14:00
  • February 3, 2018 / 16:00

Directors: Takeshi Watanabe, Yoshitaka Yamaguchi
Cast: Kazuki Kitamura, Yôsuke Asari, Yoriko Dôguchi
Japan, 2014, 100’, color
Japanese with Turkish subtitles
 

Neko Samurai wonders aloud: “what if we mashed up two of Japan’s most beloved cultural icons, the samurai and the cat?” The result: one of the most delightfully cute comedies to come from Japan in some time. A dog-loving clan hires Madarame, penniless and out of work; his task is to assassinate the prized white cat of a rival, cat-loving clan (the two clans have been fiercely battling for centuries, we learn). But when Madarame melts at the sight of the cat, failing at his duty and kidnapping the feline, both clans seek to exact revenge—on the samurai himself, and the imminent showdown will test the newly-inaugurated “cat person.”

A Cat in Paris

A Cat in Paris

The Future

The Future

Rent-A-Cat

Rent-A-Cat

The Strange Little Cat

The Strange Little Cat

Kedi

Kedi

She’s Allergic to Cats

She’s Allergic to Cats

Tomcat

Tomcat

Samurai Cat

Samurai Cat

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Neko Ninja

Trailer

Samurai Cat

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