# Rent-a-Cat (2012)

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**Original title**: *レンタネコ*
**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Naoko Ogigami
**Written by**: Naoko Ogigami
**Starring**: Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada, Kei Tanaka, Katsuya Kobayashi

> *I don't want to stay lonely.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A Tokyo entrepreneur keeps her business afloat by lending cats to the elderly until an ex-boyfriend’s reappearance complicates her feline-mediated social life. Her awkwardly pleasing solution involves fewer claws and more compromise. It’s charming in ways that won’t require a follow-up.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, cozy, tender

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