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September 2012
Rent-a-Cat by Naoko Ogigami (English Sub.)
Naoko Ogigami, an acclaimed filmmaker best know for "Kamome Diner," "Glasses," and "Toilet," brings a new film "Rent-a-Cat (Renta Neko)" on DVD with English subtitles.
Plot: Sayoko is an anything-but-ordinary woman who rents cats to lonely people. Some of the renters include an old woman who lost her husband and her loving cat, a middle-aged man who moved away from his family for work, a woman working at a reception desk and questioning her existence, and a man who has a connection with Sayoko. As she helps to fill their spiritual voids, Sayoko also changes little by little. . .