Kisarazu Cat's Eye

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show_name = "Kisarazu Cat's Eye"


caption = Movie Poster
genre = Comedy
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starring = Junichi Okada
Sho Sakurai
Yoshinori Okada
Ryuta Sato
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theme_music_composer = Arashi
opentheme = A Day in Our Life
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country = JPN
language = Japanese
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num_episodes = 9
list_episodes = List of Kisarazu Cat's Eye episodes
producer = Isoyama Aki
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network = TBS
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first_aired = January 18, 2002
last_aired = March 15, 2002
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nihongo|"Kisarazu Cat's Eye"|木更津キャッツアイ|Kisarazu Kattsu Ai is the name of a Japanese television show and movie. It was one of the more different programmes in recent times and was told in a unique style, with hilarious and wacky scenes. For the most part the series is a comedy, which makes it very enjoyable to many viewers.

ynopsis

The story of this series follows a young man at the age of 21 named Kohei played by Okada Junichi. The setting of the story is in Kisarazu (hence the title of the drama series), which is a city in Chiba, Japan. He is diagnosed with cancer and has been told that he has a total of 6 months to live. Instead of being depressed, Kohei decides to do something else, something daring and unique.

The show focuses mainly on Kohei and four of his close friends. The five grew up together as they were all on the same high school baseball team. Bambi (Sakurai Sho), Masta (Sato Ryuta), Ani (Tsukamoto Takashi), and Ucchie (Okada Yoshinori). Kohei, known as Bussan to his close friends, forms the group Kisarazu Cat's Eye.

To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies. The first, Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series, was released in 2003 and the second, Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series, was released in 2006.

The whole theme for the group is based on a manga (Japanese comic) called Cat's Eye or キャッツ アイ. Cat's Eye follows the story of three sisters who lead a double life in which they appear normal during the day and become skilled thieves at night--hence the theme of Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Kohei's group of friends, however, play baseball during the day while getting into mischief, other troubles, and wacky situations. During the night they steal or solve their own life's crisis. Mainly, though, they just solve their own hilarious crises.

Cast

* Bussan (Kohei Tabuchi) - Junichi Okada
* Bambi (Futoshi Nakagomi) - Sho Sakurai
* Ucchie (Uchiyama) - Yoshinori Okada
* Master (Shingo Okabayashi) - Ryuta Sato
* Ani (Kizashi Sasaki) - Takashi Tsukamoto
* Mouko - Wakana Sakai
* Kaoru Nekota - Sadao Abe
* Yamaguchi-senpai - Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
* Mirei Asada - Hiroko Yakushimaru
* The cafe owner - Daisuke Shima
* Sasaki Jun (Ani's brother) - Hiroki Narimiya
* Rose (The Second Generation Kisarazu Rose) - Aiko Morishita
* Ojii / Ozu Yujirou & Shintaro - Arata Furuta
* Kousuke Tabuchi (Bussan's Father) - Fumiyo Kohinata
* Setsuko (Master's wife) - Mihoko Sunouchi
* Miiko (Ucchie's girl) - Kami Hiraikawa
* Ichiko - Yumiko Nosono
* Takeda (Police Officer) - Hiroki Miyake
* Vice Principal - Yasuhito Hida

External links

* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/catseye/ Official website] (in Japanese)
*imdb title|id=0391273|title=Kisarazu Cat's Eye (Movie)
*imdb title|id=0807715|title=Kisarazu Cat's Eye (TV Series)