A Whisker Away

A Whisker Away
Official Japanese release poster
Japanese name
Kanji泣きたい私は猫をかぶる
Literal meaningWanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnNakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu
Directed by
Written byMari Okada
Starring
CinematographyShinya Matsui
Music byMina Kubota
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • June 18, 2020 (2020-06-18)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

A Whisker Away (Japanese: 泣きたい私は猫をかぶる, Hepburn: Nakitai Watashi wa Neko o Kaburu, lit.'Wanting to Cry, I Pretend to Be a Cat') is a 2020 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film produced by Studio Colorido, Toho Animation, and Twin Engine. Directed by Junichi Sato and Tomotaka Shibayama, with the latter being his directorial debut, the film was released on June 18, 2020, on Netflix in Japanese. The film stars Mirai Shida, Natsuki Hanae, Minako Kotobuki, Susumu Chiba, Ayako Kawasumi, Sayaka Ohara, Daisuke Namikawa, Hiroaki Ogi, and Koichi Yamadera.

Originally slated to premiere alongside the Japanese release of the film, the English dub's release was delayed until June 28, 2020, when it was officially released on Netflix.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ WTK [@WTK] (June 18, 2020). "A Whisker Away (subtitled) is now streaming on Netflix (English dub delayed)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ WTK [@WTK] (June 29, 2020). "ICYMI, A Whisker Away (with English dub) is now streaming on Netflix" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Llewellyn, Tom (June 29, 2020). "A Whisker Away: English dubbing finally released on Netflix". HITC. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.