If Cats Disappeared From the World

Movie: If Cats Disappeared From the World
Romaji: Sekai kara Neko ga Kieta nara
Japanese: 世界から猫が消えたなら
Director: Akira Nagai
Writer: Genki Kawamura (novel)
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Release Date: May 14, 2016
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Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Synopsis
A young man, referred to in film publicity as a postman, is given a terminal diagnosis of brain cancer. A person looking exactly like him shows up at his home later that day. The man guesses that the doppelganger is the devil, and that guess is more or less confirmed by him. The "devil" tells the man that if the man agrees that one type of thing, chosen by the devil, will be removed from the world (as if it had never been), then the man can have another day of life instead of dying the next day. The first removed thing is phones. The story proceeds through successive days with new things being removed each day. The story focuses on the way in which the world is different for the man and his backstory without the removed items. The story is told both in real time and in a series of flashbacks, and the viewer comes to have a better understanding of the young man's relationships with family and friends.

Cast
Takeru Satoh
Aoi Miyazaki
Gaku Hamada
Eita Okuno
Anna Ishii
Eiji Okuda
Mieko Harada