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62% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Akira Nagai (ja) Initial release 14 May 2016 (Japan) Story by Genki Kawamura Producer Kei Haruna | 7.2/10 IMDb Japanese 世界から猫が消えたなら Director Akira Nagai Music director Takeshi Kobayashi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hepburn Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara Based on Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara (ja)by Genki Kawamura (ja) Starring Takeru SatohAoi Miyazaki Cast Similar Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis, Real, Puzzle, I Am a Hero, Be With You Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If cats disappeared from the world official trailer
If Cats Disappeared from the World (世界から猫が消えたなら, Sekai kara neko ga kietanara) is a 2016 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Nagai, starring Takeru Satoh and Aoi Miyazaki and based on the novel Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara by Genki Kawamura. It was released in Japan by Toho on May 14, 2016.
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Plot
A young man, referred to in film publicity as a postman, is given a terminal diagnosis of brain cancer. A person looking exactly like him shows up at his home later that day. The man guesses that the doppelganger is the devil, and that guess is more or less confirmed by him. The "devil" tells the man that if the man agrees that one type of thing, chosen by the devil, will be removed from the world (as if it had never been), then the man can have another day of life instead of dying the next day. The first removed thing is phones. The story proceeds through successive days with new things being removed each day. The story focuses on the way in which the world is different for the man and his backstory without the removed items. The story is told both in real time and in a series of flashbacks, and the viewer comes to have a better understanding of the young man's relationships with family and friends.
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Reception
On its opening weekend at the Japanese box office, the film was third placed, with 141,691 admissions and ¥184.7 million in gross. On its second weekend, it was again third placed by admissions, with 104,440, and was second-placed by gross, with ¥141.4 million.
