Nagagutsu wo haita neko (1969)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1969
Running Times: 80 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Toeiscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toei Doga
US Version Production Company: Titan Productions
Producer: Hiroshi Okawa
US Version Producer: Salvatore Billitteri
Planning: Ken Ariga, Masajirou Seki, Mikio Shibuya

SCRIPT
Script: Hisashi Inoue, Morihisa Yamamoto
Book: Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
Story: Charles Perrault

DIRECTION
Director: Kimio Yabuki
US Version Director: Fred Ladd

ANIMATION
Animation Director: Yasuji Mori
Key Animator: Akemi Ôta, Akira Daikuhara, Hayao Miyazaki, Reiko Okuyama, Sadao Kikuchi, Yasuo Otsuka, Youichi Otabe

MUSIC
Music: Seichiro Uno
Lyrics: Hisashi Inoue, Morihisa Yamamoto
English Language Lyrics: Guy Hemric, Adryan Russ

VOICES
Susumu Ishikawa (Pero)
Rumi Sakakibara (Princess Rose)
Toshiko Fujita (Pierre)
Asao Koike (Lucifer)
Kazuo Kumakura (eldest mouse)
Keaton Masuda (the King)
Kenji Utsumi (Daniel)
Shun Yashiro (Raymond)
Yoko Mizugaki (little mouse)

PLOT SUMMARY

Perro is a fearless feline musketeer who battles to help the poor and the needy. But when he saves a mouse, the rest of the cat world turns against him and he is forced on the run, pursued by the Three Blunderers. He teams up with Pierre, a young miller's son, who falls in love with the beautiful Princess Rosa who herself is being pursued by the terrible ogre Lucifer.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Orion Pictures Corporation
Television Distributors: AIP-TV

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: S

Sweden
Rating: Btl

TIMELINE

1969
March
18: Japan - theatrical release

1973
November
3: Sweden - theatrical release

1974
November
8: Finland - theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

An Exciting Fairy tale Adventure In Beautiful Animation!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Der Gestiefelte Kater - Austrian title
Mästerkatten i stövlar - Swedish title
Puss-in-Boots - English language title
Puss 'n' Boots - English language title
Saapasjalkakissa - Finnish title
The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots - US television title

LINKS

SEQUEL
Nagagutsu wo haita neko 80 nichikan sekai isshuu (1976)

SEE ALSO
Cannon Movie Tales: Puss in Boots (1988)
El gato con botas (1961)
Der Gestiefelte Kater (1955)
Puss in Boots (1922)
Puss in Boots (1936)
Puss in Boots (1982)
Puss 'n' Boots (1934)
Pussnboots: Pero's Great Adventure (1990)

KEYWORDS

animation, anime, book into film, cats

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009