Neco-Ban: Cats in Your Life (2011)

Name: Neco-Ban: Cats in Your Life
Director: Ken Arima
Genre: Family
Released: 2011-01-22
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Cast: Masatō Ibu, Kei Katayama, Lily, Iroha Okuda

Japanese 1h 5m

Family

Directed by Ken Arima Starring Masatō Ibu, Lily

Release Date 22 Jan 2011

About Neco-Ban: Cats in Your Life Movie

Neco-Ban: Cats in Your Life (2011) is a Movie in the Family genre, available in Japanese. It is directed by Ken Arima. The cast includes Masatō Ibu, Kei Katayama, Lily. Neco-Ban Cats In Your Life is a short and quiet story about a grumpy old man, his sleepy granddaughter, and the many, many cats that show up in their country home. Ibu Masato frowns away as a proud, retired man with a bad back and a chip on his shoulder about his wife and daughter leaving him at home. He barely speaks out loud, but through narrative voiceover we hear his obsession with time, his grievances with being bored and alone, his concern for appearances, and his crabby curiosity about all the cats running amuck in the house. Through a small, ridiculous turn of events, he ends up stranded on his roof with no way down. The myriad helpless facial expressions the veteran actor rolls out during his attempts to get back down are absolutely hilarious. Who knew an old man on a roof could be so funny?