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Japanese Film Festival: Finding Calico 先生と迷い猫
Film
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
Free
The Embassy of Japan in New Zealand presents this screening as part of the Japanese Film Festival’s fascinating 2020 season. A drama inspired by the beloved non-fiction book Mie the Stray: A Story of Community Cats and Shopping Street Revitalization.
Kyoichi Morii, a retired school principal, lives alone after the death of his wife. One day, Mie, the stray cat his late spouse loved, visits him. He tries to shoo her away, but when she suddenly fails to show up, he gets worried and begins to look for her.
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa, 2015, 107 minutes, G. Cast: Issey Ogata, Shota Sometani, Kie Kitano.
