Tomorrow, the Japan Foundation will be screening the movie Samurai Cat at 7:00 pm. Here is a description of the movie:
Starring acclaimed actor Kazuki Kitamura as Kyutaro Madarame, a masterless Samurai, the madcap NEKO SAMURAI wonders aloud: "what if we mashed up two of Japan's most beloved cultural icons, the samurai and the cat?"
The result: one of the most delightfully cute comedies to come from Japan in some time.
A dog-loving clan hires Madarame, penniless and out of work; his task is to assassinate the prized white cat of a rival, cat-loving clan (the two clans have been fiercely battling for centuries, we learn).
But when Madarame melts at the sight of the cat, failing at his duty and kidnapping the feline, both clans seek to exact revenge-on the samurai himself, and the imminent showdown will test the newly-inaugurated "cat person."
In Japanese with English subtitles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li6hbKLAqvE