Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru

Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru
グーグーだって猫である
Manga
Written by	Yumiko Ōshima
Live-action film
Directed by	Isshin Inudou
Released	September 6, 2008 (2008-09-06)
Runtime	116
Television drama
Directed by	Isshin Inudou
Written by	Ryū Takada
Music by	Ren Takada
Network	WOWOW
Original run	fall 2014 – present

Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru (グーグーだって猫である) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yumiko Ōshima. It was adapted into a live action film in 2008 and it will be adapted into a Japanese television drama that will premiere in WOWOW in the fall of 2014.

Characters

• Asako (played by Kyōko Koizumi in the film and by Rie Miyazawa in the TV series)
• Naomi (played by Juri Ueno)
• Seiji Sawamura (played by Ryo Kase)
• Mamoru (played by Naojiro Hayashi)
• Tatsuya (played by Tatsuya Isaka)
• Ça Va (played by Suzuka Ohgo)
• Taisuke Yamamoto (played by Asei Kobayashi)
• Asako's mother (played by Chieko Matsubara)
• Kyoko (played by Ai Takabe)
• Erika (played by Elisa Yanagi)
• Michiko (played by Kazuko Kurosawa)
• Sakie (played by Tomoko Murakami)
• Kanako (played by Miyuki Oshima)
• Umezu (played by Kazuo Umezu)
• Paul Weinberg (played by Marty Friedman)
• Karin Uno, Koichi Masuno, and additional actors

Reception

Gou-Gou Datte Neko De Aru (Cher Gou-Gou…mon petit chat, mon petit ami) won the Short Award Prize at the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2008.

External links

• Official website(Japanese)
• Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru at IMDb