The Cat Returns
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A spin-off of Whisper of the Heart, The Cat Returns finds another schoolgirl encountering a mysterious tomcat on the street, though this time she is led to a fantastic world beyond her wildest dreams. Launched into a cobblestoned magic kingdom ruled by cat royalty—including a motorcade replete with vassals, maidens, and even Secret Service—she must enlist the help of the elusive Baron Humbert von Gikkingen (the same cat featured as a statue in Whisper of the Heart) if she hopes to make it back home. The only feature film directed by Hiroyuki Morita to date, The Cat Returns is a feline flight of fancy.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
2002 | 75 min. | Japan | Color | Japanese with English subtitles | Rated G | DCP
DIRECTED BY: Hiroyuki Morita
WRITTEN BY: Reiko Yoshida
WITH: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada
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