Alley CatMovie
A depressed ex-boxer (Yosuke Kubozuka) self-medicating for the injuries that ended his career finds a stray cat that brightens his day, but she is snatched up by a comical grungy mechanic (Kenji Furuya). Calling each other by the competing names they gave the cat, Maru and Lily, the odd pair is abruptly sucked into a political conspiracy with Saeko (Yui Ichikawa) and her son at the center. Witnessing another injustice in which the economic and social elite prey on the vulnerable, the two strays set off on the road to redemption, or at least peaceful cat ownership. (Fun fact: in addition to acting together in Alley Cat, Yosuke Kubozuka and Kenji “KJ” Furuya released the single “Soul Ship” in 2017. Kubozuka performs as Manji Line and Furuya in the band Dragon Ash.) -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
About Alley Cat
Alley Cat is a 2017 comedy, crime, drama movie directed by Hideo Sakaki.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 9m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Yosuke Kubozuka, Kenji Furuya, Yui Ichikawa, Ryoma Baba. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
