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Dark Cat

Dark Cat

19914.20h 50m

Overview

Hyoi and Rui, two inhuman brothers with the powers of the Dark Cat, a spiritual martial art that allows them to sense supernatural beings and turn into cats, are caught up in a dilemma involving their Dark Cat master, Jakokubo, who plans to summon the evil in humans as a tremendous feast for himself and his power. What do a group of local high schoolers have to do with his nefarious plans, and will the Dark Cat brothers be able to save their newfound friends from certain danger?

Directed by Iku Suzuki
Written by Toshiki Inoue, Naomi Kimura, Iku Suzuki
Produced by Kazuyoshi Kobayashi, Hitoshi Nakamura, Ichijo Kobayashi
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Top Cast

Tsutomu Kashiwakura

Tsutomu Kashiwakura

Rui Kagezaki (voice)

Ryotaro Okiayu

Ryotaro Okiayu

Hyoi Kagezaki (voice)

Yumi Touma

Yumi Touma

Takako Asagaya (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Aimi Koenji (voice)

Shigeru Nakahara

Shigeru Nakahara

Hiroki Koizumi (voice)

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Jakokubo (voice)

Hikaru Midorikawa

Hikaru Midorikawa

Kondo (voice)

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Junko Hagimori

Sakiko Egami (voice)

Maria Kawamura

Maria Kawamura

Ogawa-sensei (voice)

Michie Tomizawa

Michie Tomizawa

Mu Douji (voice)

Themes & Keywords

high schoolcattransformationcursedemonbody horror

About Dark Cat

Dark Cat is a animation, fantasy, adventure, horror film released in 1991 exploring themes of high school, cat, transformation, curse, demon, body horror. Directed by Iku Suzuki, it stars Tsutomu Kashiwakura, Ryotaro Okiayu, Yumi Touma. Hyoi and Rui, two inhuman brothers with the powers of the Dark Cat, a spiritual martial art that allows them to sense supernatural beings and turn into cats, are caught up in a dilemma involving their Dark Cat master, Jakokubo, who plans to summon the evil in humans as a tremendous feast for himself and his power. What do a group of local high schoolers have to do with his nefarious plans, and will the Dark Cat brothers be able to save their newfound friends from certain danger?

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