This movie is adapted from well-known 1905-1906 novel from Natsume Sôseki, a classic of Japanese literature, which describes the life of a teacher, his family and neighbors, in a Japanese middle-class town of the Meiji Era, as viewed by the family cat..
Is it worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a quiet afternoon spent reading a dusty book, you’ll probably get a kick out of this. It’s not for the people who need a plot that moves at warp speed. If you hate dialogue-heavy dramas or are looking for a story with a traditional structure, skip it. You will li...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Kajirō Yamamoto
Wilfred Lucas
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"Is it worth your time? If you like movies that feel like a quiet afternoon spent reading a dusty book, you’ll probably get a kick out of this. It’s not for the people who need a plot that moves at warp speed. If you hate dialogue-heavy dramas or are looking for a story with a traditional structure, skip it. You will likely find it tedious. I found myself thinking about Mutts while watching, just because there is something inherently funny about putting a camera on an animal’s level. But this is..."
Yuriko Hanabusa
Sōseki Natsume, Masaru Kobayashi
Japan
1936 · IMDb 6.1
