Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita, Yoko Kuno Run Time: 94 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2024
Starring: Keiichi Suzuki, Mikako Ichikawa, Mirai Moriyama, Munetaka Aoki, Noa Gotō
Country: Japan, France
Language: Japanese, French
About the film:
World Premiere, 2024 Cannes Film Festival, following a work-in-progress screening at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant “ghost cat” and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her. Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu’s odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose.
Based on the manga of the same name by Takashi Imashiro. Audience Award for Best Animated Feature, 2024 Fantasia Film Festival.
“Plays like a sardonic relative to ‘Spirited Away’”
—Carlos Aguilar for Variety
About the filmmakers:
Ghost Cat Anzu is co-directed by renowned artist Yôko Kuno, who makes her feature directorial debut, and Nobuhiro Yamashita, the acclaimed director of Linda Linda Linda (2005).
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