Rent-a-Cat

May 12, 2012

1h 50m

★ 7.3

I don't want to stay lonely.

Overview

A young woman who rents out cats to lonely old folks finds her life turned upside down when a young man from her past shows back up in her life.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Suurkiitos

Paradise Cafe

VAP

Yahoo! Japan

BS Nippon Corporation

Rent-a-Cat Trailers

Cast

Sayoko

Mikako Ichikawa

Toshiko Yoshioka

Reiko Kusamura

Goro Yoshida

Ken Mitsuishi

Megumi Yoshikawa

Maho Yamada

Shigaru Yoshizawa

Kei Tanaka

Sayoko's Neighbour

Katsuya Kobayashi

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