Oruorane the Cat Player (1992)

Director: Mizuho Nishikubo

A passionless cellist, stumbling drunk through back alleys in the days before Christmas, meets a wizened hobo who has honed a technique that allows him to create impossible music from the mewing of stray cats. Enthralled, the once-jaded young musician hopes to reignite his creative spark under the mentorship of the old man and his feline friends.

Cast

Toshihiko Seki

The Cellist

Ai Orikasa

Malet

Banjo Ginga

Oruorane

Hiroshi Naka

Shofuren

Megumi Hayashibara

Iruinedo

Masaki Aizawa

Middle-Aged Man

Yuri Amano

Woman