The Cat Who Lived One Million Times (2012)

• 82%
• 2012
• Documentary
• Tadasuke Kotani

Yoko Sano, picture novelist and essayist, is 70 years old now. She was diagnosed cancer and told her days were numbered. Now she is cherishing her days. Days without big adventure, days just ordinary. Her most well-known piece 'The cat with a million lives' is published 33 years ago. The novel with the great insight of love and life based on her view is still popular in Japan and has penetrated each reader' The camera captured the image of the people who read it out and talk about the life and death and Yoko whose days are numbered. They are connected only by the picture novel. The camera tried to find a sign of Yoko' final destination and her existing life in Tokyo, and Beijing where Yoko has been.