The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat (2026)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2026-01-09
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Pony Canyon
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Yukihiro Morigaki

Summary

It is the year 1988. Yamabuki is an eight-year-old little boy growing up in a traditional family where every family member has problems and secrets they try to hide from each other. The father runs a failing construction company and has an intimate relationship with another woman. The mother is struggling with severe depression, as she cannot cope with the death of her youngest child. The grandfather, who used to be a construction engineer, hopes to start building an amusement park, but to no avail. The grandmother runs a small store where she sells items of forged origin. The sister is fed up with the lies of her predecessors and is looking for a way to run away from home. In the midst of all this chaos, Yamabuki has started to find solace in patting an imaginary dog.

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  • Mahiro Takasugi

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  • Marika Ito

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  • Mai Fukagawa

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  • Yuko Ando

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  • Yuka Kouri

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  • Hiccorohee

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  • Sawa Suzuki

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  • Ken Yasuda

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  • Kimiko Yo

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  • Akira Emoto

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Directing Yukihiro Morigaki Director
Writing Tomoe Kanno Screenplay
Writing Haruna Terachi Novel
Camera Yutaka Yamazaki Director of Photography
Editing Keita Suzuo Editor
Lighting Eiji Oshita Gaffer
Sound Cali Wang Original Music Composer
Production Kenji Akazawa Producer
Production Muneo Miyagawa Producer
Art Sango Nakamura Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Kanako Nishimura Makeup & Hair

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