Alley Cat (2017) (2017)

Name: Alley Cat (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 2017
Duration: 129 min
Cast: Yosuke Kubozuka, Kenji Furuya, Yui Ichikawa, Ryoma Baba, Hiroshi Shinagawa

2h 9m Japan

Comedy Crime Drama

Plot

A downcast former boxer, played by Yosuke Kubozuka, attempts to cope with his past injuries through self-medication. His spirits lift when he discovers a stray cat, only for it to be taken by a quirky mechanic, portrayed by Kenji Furuya. Dubbed Maru and Lily, the unlikely duo soon finds themselves embroiled in a political scandal involving Saeko (Yui Ichikawa) and her son. As they confront further societal injustices perpetrated by the elite, their journey becomes one of redemption, or at least the pursuit of peaceful cat companionship.

Cast

Yosuke Kubozuka Kenji Furuya Yui Ichikawa Ryoma Baba Hiroshi Shinagawa Masaki Miura Sh?hei Hino Yohta Kawase Nobu Morimoto Yutaka Morioka Takuma Okamoto Yuya Takagawa Hiroko Terada Tokuhisa Yamashita Elisa Yanagi