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The Cats of Mirikitani

  • 20062006
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  • 1h 14m
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8.2/10
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The Cats of Mirikitani (2006)
Documentary
Documentary about red-beret-ed Jimmy Mirikitani, a feisty painter working and living on the street, near the World Trade Center, when 9/11 devastates the neighborhood. A nearby film editor, ... Read allDocumentary about red-beret-ed Jimmy Mirikitani, a feisty painter working and living on the street, near the World Trade Center, when 9/11 devastates the neighborhood. A nearby film editor, Linda Hattendorf, persuades elderly Jimmy to move in with her, while seeking a permanent h... Read allDocumentary about red-beret-ed Jimmy Mirikitani, a feisty painter working and living on the street, near the World Trade Center, when 9/11 devastates the neighborhood. A nearby film editor, Linda Hattendorf, persuades elderly Jimmy to move in with her, while seeking a permanent home for him. The young woman delves into the California-born, Japan-raised artist's unique... Read all
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738
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  • Director
    • Linda Hattendorf
  • Stars
    • Bob Bruck
    • Jess Espinosa
    • Linda Hattendorf
  • Director
    • Linda Hattendorf
  • Stars
    • Bob Bruck
    • Jess Espinosa
    • Linda Hattendorf
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    • 7User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 3 nominations

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    Bob Bruck
    • Self
    Jess Espinosa
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    Linda Hattendorf
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    Richard Hill
    • Self
    Irene Hord
    • Self
    Richard Hord
    • Self
    Sheila Merolla
    • Self
    Janice Mirikitani
    • Self
    Jimmy Mirikitani
    • Self
    • (as Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani)
    Ernest Nagai
    • Self
    Kazuko Nagai
    • Self
    Reiko Nakayama
    • Self
    Sarah Nazimova-Baum
    • Self
    Guntilda Perrin
    • Self
    Maria Rivera
    • Self
    Alyssa Sandoval
    • Self
    Louis Sandoval
    • Self
    Margarita Sandoval
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    • Director
      • Linda Hattendorf
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    • Soundtracks
      Kitaguni-No Haru
      Words by Haku Ide

      Music by Minoru Endo

      Courtesy of Daiichi Music Publisher Co., LTD.

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    10/10
    A profound human document
    A Japanese American, Jimmy Mirikitani who survives in the streets of Manhattan by selling his paintings (cats) to by-passers for a few dollars, attracts the attention of the director of this movie, Linda Hattendorf. She wants to know his identity, his past and why he is surviving in such a dreadful manner. She discovers that the roots for his depressing situation were laid out decades ago by the racial treatment of people from oriental origin during WW II in the US. Considered as potential enemies and spies, they were incarcerated in special internment camps. Jimmy Mirikitani never recovered from this ordeal after the war. This documentary is edited like a thriller, with the director in the role of a true detective who unravels all the secrets of the main character's life puzzle. Linda Hattendorf has made a most remarkable documentary revealing some nearly undetectable ravages provoked by war on innocent populations. A must see.
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    • Jul 27, 2009

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    • Release date
      • September 7, 2007 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ミリキタニの猫
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
      • Independent Television Service
      • Lucid Dreaming
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $38,925
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,160
      • Mar 4, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $48,483
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      1 hour 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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