Alley Cat

A depressed exboxer Yosuke Kubozuka selfmedicating for the injuries that ended his career finds a stray cat that brightens his day but she is snatched up by a comical grungy mechanic Kenji Furuya Calling each other by the competing names they gave the cat Maru and Lily the odd pair is abruptly sucked into a political conspiracy with Saeko Yui Ichikawa and her son at the center Witnessing another injustice in which the economic and social elite prey on the vulnerable the two strays set off on the road to redemption or at least peaceful cat ownership Fun fact in addition to acting together in Alley Cat Yosuke Kubozuka and Kenji KJ Furuya released the single Soul Ship in 2017 Kubozuka performs as Manji Line and Furuya in the band Dragon Ash JAPAN CUTS Festival of New Japanese Film