Cat Soup (2001)

Original title

ねこぢる草

Directed by

Tatsuo Satō

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, adventure anime and manga, comedy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

34 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 169 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An anthropomorphic kitten travels to the land of the dead to retrieve his sister's soul. He faces bizarre and often disturbing obstacles as he journeys back to the world of the living.

surrealdreamlikedarkly comicunsettlingabsurdabstractbleakquiet

What happens

Cat Soup (ねこぢる草, Nekojiru-sō; lit. Nekojiru Grass) is a 2001 Japanese animated experimental short film directed by Tatsuo Satō, based on the manga created by Nekojiru. The surreal film follows Nyata, an anthropomorphic kitten, on his travel to the land of the dead and back in an effort to save his sister's soul. Cat Soup was released direct-to-DVD in Japan on 21 February 2001. Central Park Media licensed the film in North America under its Software Sculptors label and was released on DVD on September 9, 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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