Movie
The Cat Returns
2002G1h 15m7.1 / 10
It's not so bad being a cat, now is it?
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
More about The Cat Returns
Cast
Chizuru IkewakiHaru Yoshioka (voice)
Yoshihiko HakamadaBaron (voice)
Aki MaedaYuki (voice)
Tetsu WatanabeMuta (voice)
Yousuke SaitoToto (voice)
Takayuki YamadaLune (voice)
Hitomi SatoHiromi (voice)
Kenta SatoiNatori (voice)Credits
- Directed by
- Hiroyuki Morita
- Written by
- Reiko Yoshida
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 猫の恩返し
- Box office
- $54M
Production
Studio GhibliJapan
Hakuhodo DY Media PartnersJapan
MitsubishiJapan
Nippon Television Network CorporationJapan
TOHOJapan
Tokuma ShotenJapan
Themes
adventureanimal transformationanimeanthropomorphic animalanthropomorphismbased on mangabride-to-becat
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