Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo

Feb 19, 2016

1h 30m

★ 6.2

Overview

A prequel to the story of the legendary samurai and one cat. In Edo era, there was a legendary samurai named Kyutaro Madarame who are feared as a "Madara the Devil". He was somehow hired for killing a cat named Tamanojo. Just before Kyutaro slashes on Tamanojo, he realizes that Tamanojo looking into his eyes and said "meow". But why?

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Tobimatsu

Naoki Tanaka

Sayaka Yamaguchi

Yuya Endo

Ryohei Abe

Yoko Ohshima

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Ryôichi Yuki

Shingo Mizusawa

Ito Yozaburo

Moro Morooka

Cunning Takeyama

Mr. Aragaki

Tetsu Watanabe

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