The read
A Balasaur Score of 64 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10.
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
Ratings
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Hideo SakakiDirector
- Tadashi ShimizuScreenplay
- Izumi SakakiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yosuke KubozukaMaru
- Kenji FuruyaLily
- Yui IchikawaSaeko
- Ryoma BabaKengo Hashimoto
- Hiroshi ShinagawaToshiro Tamaki
- Masaki MiuraMichiya Kakizawa
- Shōhei HinoYasuo Hashiba
- Yohta KawaseNaoki Taguchi
- Nobu MorimotoCast
- Yutaka MoriokaYoichi Kuramochi
- Takuma OkamotoCast
- Yuya TakagawaCast
