Rent-a-Cat (2012)
August 21, 2024 11:14 AM - Subscribe

[TRAILER] In this Japanese, comedy-drama, a single woman runs a rent-a-cat service to provide companions for lonely people.

Starring Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi.

Written and directed by Naoko Ogigami. Produced by Kumi Kobata, Shûichi Komuro for Suurkiitos. Cinematography by Kazutaka Abe.

JustWatch listing.This is not streaming through conventional outlets in the US currently. However, some kind person has uploaded the entire film onto YouTube with English subtitles (activate them through the captions button).

paduasoy was kind enough to support MeFi with a donation. Their request was for six films about cats - with no cat death. I'll be using the tag #CatFilms.

Cats deaths are mentioned, but in a respectful, delicate way and nothing is shown onscreen. This is wall-to-wall feel good, really.

Donate $25 or more to MeFi and you can MeMail me a request for a themed day of your own. I'll fill up the sidebar on FF with six movies that fit your theme.
posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
WHOOPS, here's that youtube link.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:15 AM on August 21 [2 favorites]


oh boy! thank you!
posted by lapolla at 11:48 AM on August 21


This was a cute movie, and Mikako Ichikawa has a shtick that's enchanting. But as someone who has nine cats, one point struck me as unrealistic: her house wasn't destroyed.
posted by jabah at 10:24 PM on August 25


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