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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Aoi Hîragi (comic "Neko no Danshaku, Baron") and
Reiko Yoshida (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 July 2002 (Japan) more
Tagline:
Journey to another land. more
Plot:
After helping a cat, a young girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life. full summary | full synopsis
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Simple but entertaining more (49 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Chizuru Ikewaki | ... | Haru (voice) | |
| Yoshihiko Hakamada | ... | Baron (voice) | |
| Aki Maeda | ... | Yuki (voice) | |
| Takayuki Yamada | ... | Lune (voice) | |
| Hitomi Satô | ... | Hiromi (voice) | |
| Kenta Satoi | ... | Natori (voice) | |
| Mari Hamada | ... | Natoru (voice) | |
| Tetsu Watanabe | ... | Muta (voice) | |
| Yôsuke Saitô | ... | Toto (voice) | |
| Kumiko Okae | ... | Haru's Mother (voice) | |
| Tetsurô Tanba | ... | Cat King (voice) | |
| Yô Ôizumi | ... | Additional voice (voice) | |
| Youko Honna | ... | Additional voice (voice) | |
| Ken Yasuda | ... | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Anne Hathaway | ... | Haru (voice: English version) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Cat Returns (International: English title)
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Runtime:
75 min
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Language:
English | French | Portuguese | Japanese
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:All | Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:S | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G
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The English-language title of this movie is "The Cat Returns". There are a number of possible reasons for this title. The character of the Baron is recurrent: he originally appeared in Mimi wo sumaseba (1995) as a statue, but was nonetheless one of the main plot-points of the film. The title could also be a reference to Muta, the large cat who reveals himself to be "Renaldo Moon" who has returned to the cat kingdom after many years. He is a notorious criminal in the Kingdom as he devoured a whole lake of fish in one session and the story of his "crime" has been written on the walls of the tower in which he reveals his true name. Another possible reason for the title is the return of the cat prince at the end of the feature, his return sets everything back to the way it should be. more
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Miscellaneous: The flags in the 'Crossroads' area say CROSSLOAD, in some scenes. more
Quotes:
Muta: That's enough, Baron. Turn it off. No one's impressed with your cheesy light show, okay? more
Soundtrack:
Kaze Ni Naru more
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Is this a sequel to 'Whisper of the Heart?'more
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Short but sweet- is probably the best way to describe this movie. Unlike other epics created by studio ghibli, such as Nausicaa of the valley of the Wind and Spirited Away, this movie has a very simple story and feels more like a really long episode of a TV show rather than a movie. The characters are somewhat developed but there just wasn't much time to do so since the story felt rushed. However, this is still a very entertaining film full of subtle humor.
The only gripe i have with this film is that the Disney DVD is DUBTITLED. Disney forgot to translate the movie and tries to pass the script for the English dub as the translated subtitles.