The Travelling Cat Chronicles

Directed by Koichiro Miki

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Credits

Official selection

Leeds International Film Festival, Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth

Director

Koichiro Miki

Writer

Hiro (Original Novel) Arikawa, Emiko (Screenplay) Hiramatsu

Cast

Sota Fukushi, Yuko Takeuchi, Alice Hirose, Takuro Ohno

Voice

Mitsuki Takahata

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Shochiku Co., Ltd.

PRESENTED WITH

Gon, The Little Fox

Takeshi Yashiro

No good deed goes unpunished. Crafted with natural materials, a beautiful, tragic stop-motion adaptation of the most famous fable from Niimi Nankichi, regarded to be the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan.

Japan 28 mins

Japan 2018 118 mins OV Japanese Subtitles : English

Genre Drama

A cat isn’t just a pet – it’s family. Satoru (Sôta Fukushi) has known this since childhood, when his kitty Hachi was always by his side through good times and bad. As an adult, Satoru adopted a stray he named Nana (the voice of Mitsuki Takahata), after the poor thing was hit by a car and miraculously survived. Satoru must unfortunately now give his beloved cat away, so he travels to meet some important people in his life who might take Nana in: his childhood best friend, a couple he knew in high school, and his favourite aunt.

Adapted from the bestselling novel by Hiro Arikawa, THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES is obviously a cat-person movie (the title gives it away), but it’s really for all animal lovers. If you care at all about the furry ones, you’ll be deeply moved by this film. It initially appears to be a comedy about a cute cat that makes amusing voice-over comments, but it soon becomes clear that it’s a very sentimental affair, with some downright melodramatic elements. Using an episodic structure with extended flashbacks, writer Emiko Hiramatsu (the WHAT A WONDERFUL FAMILY! series) and director Kôichirô Miki (EVERGREEN LOVE) have created a bright, heartfelt picture that captures what is so special about having a cat, while also providing many heartbreaking insights about the human experience. Bring your tissues! – Kevin Laforest