Leave the Cat Alone
5.8
Mori, a musician struggling with the distance between himself and his wife Maiko, a photographer, has an unexpected reunion with his former friend Asako. This encounter rekindles a love that had long since passed between them. However, their memories diverge, and recollections colored by expectations and desires emerge blurred, distorted, and conveniently rewritten within each of them. And at the end of a long walk, Mori and Asako come to reexamine their two lives that have already strayed from their paths, and the present moment where each of them now stands.
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Cast
8 people
Soma Fujii
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Meiry Mochizuki
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Evol
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Shinsuke Kato
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Ju-On: Origins
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The Land of Hope
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Daisuke Shigaya Director · Ryo Hirai Cinematographer Fumiya Mishiro Cinematographer
United States release July 9, 2026 · Produced in Japan · Original title 猫を放つ
Production
HUT Pictures
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
猫を放つ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
South Korea · September 20, 2025
Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Japan · May 2, 2026
Theatrical
United States · July 9, 2026
Premiere · JAPAN CUTS
Ireland
April 16, 2026 · Premiere · Japanese Film Festival
Japan
November 25, 2025 · Premiere · TOKYO FILMeX
South Korea
August 26, 2026 · Theatrical
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