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I Am a Cat
JAPAN · 1975

I Am a Cat

Kon Ichikawa
domestic chaos school corruption social frustration class conflict comedy of everyday life
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Synopsis

Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, a

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