A Whisker Away

A Whisker Away

104 mins | Drama, Animation, Romance, Fantasy | June 18, 2020

Miyo "Muge" Sasaki is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Kento every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can tell no one, Muge continues to pursue Kento. Muge discovers a magic mask that allows her to transform into a cat named Tarō. The magic lets Muge get close to Kento, but eventually it may also make her unable to transform back to a human.

A Whisker Away

104 mins | Drama, Animation, Romance, Fantasy | June 18, 2020

A Whisker Away
Miyo "Muge" Sasaki is a peculiar second-year junior high student who has fallen in love with her classmate Kento Hinode. Muge resolutely pursues Kento every day, but he takes no notice of her. Nevertheless, while carrying a secret she can tell no one, Muge continues to pursue Kento. Muge discovers a magic mask that allows her to transform into a cat named Tarō. The magic lets Muge get close to Kento, but eventually it may also make her unable to transform back to a human.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Studio Colorido
Original title 泣きたい私は猫をかぶる
Directors Yuji Shimizu, Tomotaka Shibayama, Junichi Sato
Writers Mari Okada

Cast

Mirai Shida

as Miyo Sasaki / Taro (cat) (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

as Kento Hinode (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

as Mask Seller (voice)

Hiroaki Ogi

as Kusugi (voice)

Minako Kotobuki

as Yoriko Fukase (voice)

Kensho Ono

as Masamichi Isami (voice)

Susumu Chiba

as Yoji Sasaki (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

as Kaoru Mizutani (voice)

Sayaka Ohara

as Miki Saito (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

as Tomoya Sakaguchi (voice)

Eri Kitamura

as Kinako (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

as Kakinuma (voice)

Rei Sakuma

as Tamaki (voice)

Oolongta Yoshida

as Sugita (voice)

Fukushi Ochiai

as Hajime (voice)

Saki Yonemoto

as Nao Hosomi (voice)