When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit money, but Bussan's impending death is never far away.
Junichi Okada
Kohei Tabuchi (Bussan)
Sho Sakurai
Futoshi Nakagome (Bambi)
Yoshinori Okada
Uchiyama (Ucchi)
Ryuta Sato
Shingo Okabayashi (Master)
Takashi Tsukamoto
Kizashi Sasaki (Ani)
Sadao Abe
Kaoru Nekota
Wakana Sakai
Moko Kuroi
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Mirei Asada
Yoon Son-ha
Yukke
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series is a comedy, drama film released in 2003 exploring themes of sports. Directed by Fuminori Kaneko, it stars Junichi Okada, Sho Sakurai, Yoshinori Okada. When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit money, but Bussan's impending death is never far away.
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