58% Critic Match

Cats Don't Come When You Call

5.8 / 10• 2016• 1h 43m•NR• Japanese

ComedyDrama

Storyline

Mitsuo is a boxer who prefers dogs but ends up looking after two cats that his brother rescues.

Shunsuke Kazama

Mitsuo

Lead

Takeshi Tsuruno

Mitsuo's older brother

Mayu Matsuoka

Ume

Junko Uchida

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Toshihiro Yashiba

Doctor

Miwako Ichikawa

Landlady

3.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Toru Yamamoto's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

3.0

“Every frame feels alive. Cats Don't Come When You Call is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker