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JustWatch The Adventures of Milo and Otis 1986

子猫物語

Directed by Masanori Hata

Synopsis

Milo is one lucky cat. He's got nine lives and a best friend.

When Milo the cat and Otis the dog are separated, they each set off on an adventurous and often perilous quest across mountains, plains, and snow-covered lands to reunite with one another.

Cast

Dudley Moore Kyoko Koizumi Shigeru Tsuyuki Chatran Pû

Director Director

Masanori Hata

Co-Director Co-Director

Kon Ichikawa

Producer Producer

Masaru Kakutani

Writer Writer

Mark Saltzman

Story Story

Masanori Hata

Editor Editor

Chizuko Osada

Cinematography Cinematography

Hideo Fujii Shinji Tomita

Assistant Director Asst. Director

Takashi Ueno

Executive Producers Exec. Producers

Haruo Shikanai Hisashi Hieda

Art Direction Art Direction

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Composers Composers

Michael Boddicker Ryuichi Sakamoto

Studio

Fuji Television Network

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Alternative Titles

Milo and Otis, Miez und Mops, Chatran, Las Aventuras de Chatran, Koneko monogatari, 小猫的故事, 子貓物語, Miez und Mops - Zwei tierische Freunde, Las aventuras de Chatrán, Les aventures de Chatran, Milo és Otis kalandjai, As Aventuras de Chatran, Le avventure di Milo e Otis, 子猫物语, Приключения Майло и Отиса, Las aventuras de Milo y Otis, Pusky & Truls på äventyr, 밀로와 오티스의 모험, ההרפתקאות של מילו ואוטיס, แมวจ๋า...หมาอยู่นี่

Genres

Adventure Family Drama

Themes

Adorable animals and heartwarming families Fairy-tale fantasy and enchanted magic Kids' animated fun and adventure Show All…

Theatrical

27 Jun 1986

• Germany

25 Aug 1989

• AustraliaG

Australia

29 Mar 1990

• TheatricalG

Germany

29 Oct 1987

• Theatrical

Japan

27 Jun 1986

• Theatrical

USA

25 Aug 1989

• TheatricalG

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More Review by russman ★★ 5

Good thing cats have nine lives because Milo lost eight of them on set

Translate Translated from by Review by tyler ★½ 1

The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986) KILL COUNT

Translate Translated from by Review by SilentDawn ★★ 15

Terrifying, deranged, horrific, sickening, evil and tortuous; The Adventures of Milo and Otis is one of the most unnecessary combinations of imagery and sound in the cinematic medium. Throughout its unbearable 76 minute runtime, a piercing and devastating battle was waging inside me, deep down in a place where my love for Katy Perry is uncontrollable and my hatred for Nathan Kress is inconceivable. That battle, though tragic and frightful, was essential to discovering my true opinion on this matter.

My opinion is this; Milo and Otis are self-righteous pricks.

But God bless their little souls....

Translate Translated from by Review by MichaelScarn_TV ½ 1

My brother and I used to watch this when we were little, and I liked it because the cute dog and cat go on a silly adventure.

Fast forward to the present day and he had it on for a nostalgia watch. I made it 10 minutes in and was like:

Wow they actually had that bear interacting with that cat.Wow it looks like those seagulls are really attacking that cat.Wow it looks like they really threw a cat off of a cliff.Finally, I put everything together and decided to google this sweet little kids movie. Turns out, it’s infamous for all of the mass animal murder that happened on set. Everything you’re seeing actually happened, and so much more that didn’t make it into this hellish abomination. 

Fuck this movie, fuck everyone involved in making it, and fuck everyone who saw it in 1986 and thought it could be released.

Translate Translated from by Review by Malakie 1

Good thing they introduced Joyce and Sandra in the eleventh hour to make it clear that Milo and Otis were NOT in love and that they love their WIVES and CHILDREN and that they were NOT gay

Translate Translated from by Review by steev ★★ 2

It's cool how there were allegations that 20 animals died during production and the filmmakers denied the claims and then theres a scene where they threw a cat off a 40 foot tall cliff and after that scene the pattern of the cat's fur was different

Translate Translated from by Review by anna

I can't stop thinking about that episode of hannah montana where miley and lily are spying on the jonas brothers so they dress up as dudes and name themselves milo and otis... like what an obscure reference

Translate Translated from by Review by Moviebuffgrant Grant Atkins ★★★★★ 11

A absolute must see for animal lover

Translate Translated from by Review by 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘹. 𓆩♡𓆪 ★★★ Liked

Rest in peace, 20 kittens.

I'm giving this film three stars purely for the gorgeous, vibrant color grading (seriously, we need more films that look like this!). It just radiates that warm, nostalgic summer vibe — like childhood in the best way. I swear, if a movie could have a scent, this one would smell amazing.

But as I watched, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the animals looked really uncomfortable. It blows my mind that people didn’t pick up on this in the first few years after its release — there’s no CGI here, which means those animals were clearly forced into dangerous and cruel situations just to get the shots the director wanted. It’s honestly disturbing, and even if I knew nothing about what happened behind the scenes, I’d still feel uneasy watching it.

Translate Translated from by Review by Jessie ★ 3

Very cute, but

Cat vs. river vs. cliff vs. waterfall vs. hedgehog vs. bear vs. raccoon?

Safe to say some animals were harmed during the making of this film

Translate Translated from by Review by anna nomaly ★★★ 2

There are a handful of movies that feel like they’ve “always existed,” copies easily found at my parents’ or my relatives’ as far back as I can remember being conscious. The Adventures of Milo and Otis is perhaps the strangest of that lot, cobbled together for American audiences from a longer [and far less readily available] Japanese cut, simultaneously blessed and cursed by the addition of Dudley Moore’s narration. His work lives and dies by the material: whenever the voiceover veers into the poetic or the foreboding, it’s gripping, and whenever it descends into lame jokes or annoying voices, it’s maddening. Unethical production aside, the nature footage captured by the original filmmakers is frequently amazing, and the movie shines brightest…

Translate Translated from by Review by Jacob Gehman ★★★★ 2

I feel I need to start off by acknowledging the animal cruelty charges that lace through most of the reviews of Milo and Otis. I don't even disagree with them but, as with many bad things, I have trouble judging a 30-year-old film by modern US morals, especially when that film was made in a non-US country. As far as I'm concerned, the statute of limitations has passed. The film exists--no changing that--and I don't anticipate enjoying the film now would make future filmmakers think that repeating the less savory filmmaking techniques in Milo and Otis a good idea.

I say that not to convince other people that they shouldn't worry about the animals on screen, but to explain why…

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