is a Japanese comedy television show and movie series. To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies: ''Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series'' (2003) and ''Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series'' (2006).

Synopsis

The story follows a 21-year-old young man named Kohei ( Okada Junichi) in Kisarazu, a city in Chiba, Japan. Diagnosed with cancer, he has 6 months to live, but instead of being depressed, he decides to make something of the time he has left. The show focuses mainly on Kohei and his close friends: They grew up on the same high school baseball team. Kohei, known as Bussan to his close friends, forms the group "Kisarazu Cat's Eye" which also consists of Bambi (

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), Master (Ryuta Sato), Ani ( Tsukamoto Takashi), and Ucchi (Okada Yoshinori). The theme of the group is based on a

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ese comic) called ''Cat's Eye'' or キャッツアイ. The friends, however, play baseball during the day while getting into mischief at night. Sometimes they solve life crises; mainly, however, they solve smaller, humorous problems.

Cast

* Bussan (Kohei Tabuchi) - Junichi Okada * Bambi (Futoshi Nakagomi) -

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* Ucchi (Uchiyama) -

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* Master (Shingo Okabayashi) -

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* Ani (Kizashi Sasaki) -

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* Mouko - Wakana Sakai * Kaoru Nekota -

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* Yamaguchi-senpai - Tomomitsu Yamaguchi * Mirei Asada - Hiroko Yakushimaru * The cafe owner -

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* Sasaki Jun (Ani's brother) - Hiroki Narimiya * Rose (The Second Generation Kisarazu Rose) -

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* Ojii / Ozu Yujirou & Shintaro -

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* Kousuke Tabuchi (Bussan's Father) - Fumiyo Kohinata * Setsuko (Master's wife) - Mihoko Sunouchi * Miiko (Ucchi's girl) - Kami Hiraikawa * Ichiko - Yumiko Nosono * Takeda (Police Officer) - Hiroki Miyake * Vice Principal - Yasuhito Hida * Kishidan (氣志團) playing a fictional version of themselves in episode 7 *

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- Asari Mizuki

Episodes

External links

Official website
(in Japanese) * *{{IMDb title, id=0807715, title=Kisarazu Cat's Eye (TV Series) Kin'yō Dorama 2002 Japanese television series debuts 2002 Japanese television series endings Baseball television series Television shows written by Kankurō Kudō