If Cats Disappeared from the World

If Cats Disappeared from the World

Poster
Japanese 世界から猫が消えたなら
Hepburn Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara
Directed by Akira Nagai
Based on Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara
by Genki Kawamura
Starring Takeru Satoh
Aoi Miyazaki
Distributed by Toho
Release dates
  • May 14, 2016 (2016-05-14)
Running time
 103 minutes[1]
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office US$4.7 million[2]

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[3] and based on the novel Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara by Genki Kawamura.[4] It was released in Japan by Toho on May 14, 2016.[1]

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.

Cast

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.[5][4] On its second weekend, it was again third placed by admissions, with 104,440, and was second-placed by gross, with ¥141.4 million.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "世界から猫が消えたなら". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ "If Cats Disappeared from the World". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "世界から猫が消えたなら(2016)". allcinema (in Japanese). Singray. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Blair, Gavin J. (May 16, 2016). "Japan Box Office: 'Zootopia' Holds on to No. 1, Passes $35M". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Japan Box Office Report – 5/14~5/15". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. May 17, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Japan Box Office Report – 5/21~5/22". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. May 25, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Blair, Gavin J. (May 23, 2016). "Japan Box Office: 'Zootopia' Passes $42M, Beats Previous Weekend Haul Again". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
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