The Cat (1991)

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The Cat (1991)

The Cat Alternate titles The Cat: Nine Lives (1991) See alternate titles Directed by Lam Ngai KaiHK; Mio HaniJP Producer Chua Lam et al. Written by Chan Hing-Ka, Gordon ChanHK; Mio HaniJP Music by Philip ChanHK; Shunsuke KikuchiJP Funded by Golden Harvest; Tokuma Enterprises, Nippon TVJP Production company Paragon Films Distributor Tokuma Japan CommunicationsJP; Golden HarvestHK Box office $2,891,253 Running time 100 minutesJP (1 hour, 40 minutes) 87 minutesHK (1 hour, 27 minutes) Aspect ratio 1.85:1 Rate this film! 5.00 (4 votes)

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The Cat (老貓,   Lǎomāo, lit. "Old Cat"), marketed as Wisely's The Cat (衛斯理之老貓,   Wèisīlǐ Zhī Lǎomāo, lit. "Wisely's Old Cat"), is a 1991 Hong Kong-Japanese science fiction film directed by Lam Ngai Kai and written by Chan Hing-Ka and Gordon Chan based on the novel The Old Cat by Ni Kuang (aka Wisely), with special effects by Kazuo Sagawa and Shinji Higuchi. Funded by Golden Harvest and produced by Paragon Films, it stars Waise Lee, Christine Ng, and Gloria Yip. A Japanese version of the film, entitled Nine Lives (猫 NINE LIVES,   Neko: Nain Raibuzu, lit. "The Cat: Nine Lives"), was also shot concurrently; written and directed by Mio Hani with additional backing from Tokuma Enterprises and Nippon TV, it instead starred Japanese actor Hidekazu Akai in the lead role. The Japanese version was released first, debuting at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival on September 29, 1991 before going straight-to-video the same year. Golden Harvest later brought the Hong Kong version to that country's theaters on October 22, 1992.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Directed by   Lam Ngai Kai
• Written by   Chan Hing-Ka, Gordon Chan
• Based on a story by   Ni Kuang
• Executive producers   Chua Lam, Michael Lai
• Presented by   Anthony Chow, Peter Lam
• Planned by   Johnathon Chow, Anna Chim
• Produced by   Arthur Wong, Jackson Ha
• Assistant producer   Eric Huen
• Special effects producer   Casey Chan
• Assistant SFX producer   Huang Lei
• Music by   Philip Chan
• Cinematography by   Mak Hoi-Man
• Edited by   Peter Cheung, Keung Chuen-Tak
• Production design by   Ho Kim-Sing, Leung Bing-Kwan
• Assistant directors   Mau Kin-Tak, So Jing-Man, Dang Chuk-Gwan, Jeng Wing-Hang
• Directors of special effects   Kazuo Sagawa, Shinji Higuchi (uncredited)
• Assistant directors of special effects   Sam Leong, Chan Wing-Chiu

Japanese version

• Directed by   Mio Hani
• Written by   Mio Hani
• Executive producers   Masao Kobayashi, Takeo Mutai, Chua Lam
• Co-executive producers   Seiji Urushido, Raymond Chow
• Produced by   Yasuhiro Nose, Seiji Okuda, Chan Tung Chow
• Music by   Shunsuke Kikuchi
• Cinematography by   Yuji Okumura
• Visual effects by   Minoru Nakano

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Waise Lee   as   Wisely
• Christine Ng   as   Pai So
• Gloria Yip   as   Alien girl
• Lau Siu-ming   as   Errol
• Lawrence Lau   as   Li Tung, Wisely's friend
• Philip Kwok   as   Wang Chiehmei
• Ni Kuang   as   Mr. Chen
• Chua Lam   as   Professor Yu
• Chui Kin-wah, Kong Long   as   Gun dealers
• Simon Cheung   as   Police officer
• Wan Seung-lam

Japanese version

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Hidekazu Akai   as   Mamoru
• Gloria Yip Wan-Yee   as   Strange girl
• Pal

Appearances

Monsters The Cat Fungal aliens

Weapons, vehicles and races Alien girl Alien old man

Alternate titles

• Old Cat (老貓,   Lǎomāo, literal Chinese title)
• Wisely's Old Cat (衛斯理之老貓,   Wèisīlǐ Zhī Lǎomāo, alternate Chinese title)
• Wisely's The Cat (alternate title)^{[citation needed]}
• The 1000 Years Cat (alternate English title)^{[citation needed]}
• Nine Lives (alternate title)^{[citation needed]}
• The Cat: Nine Lives (猫 NINE LIVES,   Neko: Nain Raibuzu, initial Japanese title)
• War of the Beasts (妖獣大戦,   Yōjū Taisen, Japanese VHS title)

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