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If you see a cat

Venice Immersive
Director:
Atsushi Wada
Production:
Kodansha VR Lab (Kenji Ishimaru)
Running Time:
37’
Language:
English
Country:
Japan
Year:
2025
Main Cast:
Akinari Sato, Ayumi Tsunematsu, Kentaro Tone, Emiko Takeuchi, Wataru Komada, Caleb Yen
Screenplay:
Atsushi Wada
Sound:
Masumi Takino
Art director:Atsushi Wada
Lead developer:Kenji Ishimaru
Developers:Omar Espinosa
Lead designer:Haruka Ishida
Designers:Adrian de la Garza Lepe, Sebastian Weigand
Artists:Atushi Wada, Yoriko Mizushiri, Misa Amako
Technical team:Jorge Pedrero Reyna, Mateo Juvera Molina, Joan D. Peris Sanchez

Synopsis

The boy’s only friend was a hallucination of his beloved cat. Concerned for his mental health, his mother admitted him to a psychiatric hospital.
After three months of medication-based treatment, the hallucinations fade, and he is discharged — but he has lost his emotional anchor and appears even more lifeless than before. Withdrawing into himself, he shuts his mind to the world and isolates in his room. One day, from his window, he sees a girl playing with a stray cat in the parking lot. This quiet moment becomes the catalyst for his recovering.

Main Creator’s Statement

Fortunately, I have never experienced mental illness. In depicting the boy who is at the mercy of his surroundings — including being labelled as mentally ill — I portrayed him as a kind of outsider. But I was always aware that I myself could be in the same position tomorrow.

Trailer

Production/distribution

PRODUCTION:
Kodansha VR Lab, Ltd. - Kenji Ishimaru
2-4-10-5F Tsukiji Chuo-ku
1040045 Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +81 08031218003
E-mail: kenji@kodanshavrlab.com
Web: https://www.kodanshavrlab.com/?lang=en
Social Media: @Kodanshavrlab - Facebook, @Kodanshavrlab - LinkedIn

PRESS OFFICE:
Sham Kiu – Pun
Kodansha VR Lab, Ltd.
2-4-10-5F Tsukiji Chuo-ku
1040045 Tokyo, Japan
Tel: +852 63776878
E-mail: pun@kodanshavrlab.com


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