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Samurai Cat: The Movie
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Samurai Cat: The Movie

2014-03-01 · 100 min · ★ 6.5

Action · Comedy · History

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman who has fallen on hard times in old Edo. Caught between two warring gangs in an epic battle of cat lovers and dog lovers, he begrudgingly accepts the canine faction's offer to assassinate the opposite leader's beloved pet: an adorable white cat. Yet upon raising his lethal sword, he cannot bring himself to go through with the act, and the cat melts his ronin heart. But before finding peace as a newly minted cat person, the still fearsome Madarame will have to take on both gangs in a classic samurai street brawl.

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Directors
Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Takeshi Watanabe
Production companies
AMG Entertainment
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kazuki KitamuraKazuki KitamuraKyutaro Madarame
Misako RenbutsuMisako RenbutsuOme
Yasufumi TerawakiYasufumi TerawakiShinuemon Shimazaki
Yōsuke AsariYōsuke AsariShinsuke Zenba
Shigeyuki TotsugiShigeyuki TotsugiSaburota Yonezawa
Yoriko DoguchiYoriko DoguchiShirataki
Yoichi NukumizuYoichi NukumizuJinta
Kanji TsudaKanji TsudaGenshichiro Yamada
Megumi YokoyamaMegumi YokoyamaOshizu
Ryusuke KomakineRyusuke KomakineTetsugoro
Motoki FukamiMotoki FukamiSuematsu
Yousuke SaitoYousuke SaitoHeihachi Aikawa
Akira OnoderaAkira OnoderaSeibee Yonezawa
Runaka IwataOharu
Shingo MizusawaShingo MizusawaSakichi
Yozaburo ItoYozaburo ItoYozaemon

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