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The Cat Returns - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "The Cat Returns"

猫の恩返し (2002)

Timing: 1:15 (75 min)

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Actors and characters

Character Haru Yoshioka (voice)

Character Baron (voice)

Character Yuki (voice)

Character Muta (voice)

Yousuke Saito

Character Toto (voice)

Character Lune (voice)

Character Hiromi (voice)

Kenta Satoi

Character Natori (voice)

Mari Hamada

Character Natoru (voice)

Character Haru's Mother (voice)

Character Cat King (voice)

Yo Oizumi

Character Japanese Teacher (voice)

Yoko Honna

Character Chika (voice)

Ken Yasuda

Character Machida (voice)

Initially, the anime was planned as a short film, but Toshio Suzuki was impressed by the script and the main character Haru, and happily allowed Hayao Miyazaki to make the anime a feature-length film.
Work on the film began when Studio Ghibli received an offer from a Japanese theme park to create a twenty-minute animation starring cats.
The film took 3 years to make.
The English title is “The Cat Returns” because the character of the Baron previously appeared in the film “Whisper of the Heart” (1995) as a statue, but was nevertheless one of the main characters of the film. A literal translation from Japanese is “The Cat’s Gratitude.”
The English title is "The Cat Returns" because the character of the Baron previously appeared in the film "Whisper of the Heart" (1995) as a statue, but was nevertheless one of the main characters of the film. A literal translation from Japanese is "The Cat's Gratitude."

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