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I Am a Cat(Wagahai wa neko de aru)

  • Dir: Ichikawa Kon

  • Japan, 1975, Japanese, 116mins, 35mm

  • Cast: Nakadai Tatsuya, Namino Kuriko, Itami Juzo

Two decades after making The Heart, Ichikawa Kon returned to reworking the literature of Natsume Soseki. This time the director took on the feline-narrated novel I Am a Cat, a popular satire of the Meiji-era upper middle class first published in 1905. At the home of a teacher (the great Nakadai Tatsuya), an unnamed moggy takes up residence and observes the curious nature of the man and a stream of visitors. Gossipy neighbours, political intrigue and comical efforts to keep up appearances come together as Ichikawa pastes up a quirky collage of social observation, offering a satirical commentary on human follies.

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    The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
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    The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project through the Film Development Fund.
    The funding support bears no relationship whatsoever to the content of, or views expressed in this project.