
Mary and The Witch's Flower(2017)
Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.


“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.

Chizuru Ikewaki
Haru Yoshioka (voice)

Yoshihiko Hakamada
Baron (voice)

Aki Maeda
Yuki (voice)

Tetsu Watanabe
Muta (voice)

Yousuke Saito
Toto (voice)

Takayuki Yamada
Lune (voice)

Hitomi Sato
Hiromi (voice)

Kenta Satoi
Natori (voice)

Mari Hamada
Natoru (voice)

Kumiko Okae
Haru's Mother (voice)
The Cat Returns is a adventure, fantasy, animation, drama, family film released in 2002 exploring themes of chase, cat, self-discovery, maze, human animal relationship, prince. Directed by Hiroyuki Morita, it stars Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda. 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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