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, Comedy, Horror
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 34 min
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 169 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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