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A story about a talented child actress who wins back her dream after retiring from acting. Keito was once a popular child actress, but she had shut herself away from society for 10 years after a traumatic acting incident. She is now 17 years old and incidentally enrolls to a free school for dropouts, where she makes true friends. Together, they build trust and find the meaning of life. (Source: NHK) Edit Translation

  • English
  • Polski
  • Español
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 6
  • Aired: Aug 28, 2008 - Oct 2, 2008
  • Aired On: Thursday
  • Original Network: NHK
  • Duration: 45 min.
  • Score: 6.9 (scored by 901 users)
  • Ranked: #9320
  • Popularity: #6033
  • Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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Completed
DresdensDaringDamsel
6 people found this review helpful
Mar 26, 2013
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 4.5
If you're a fan of the manga this drama will frustrate you. Kuichi and Rei are smashed together into one character. Considering those two characters are polar opposites it makes the male lead unbalanced and unlikable. And since they needed to round out the number of people they created a completely new character. The ending with El Liston is also very different. I'm usually very forgiving when it comes to changes between the original and the drama/movie, but this time they just didn't make sense.

That being said Keito and Momoji are very well portrayed. The first few volumes of the manga are almost unchanged in the drama.

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Completed
shoujo85
7 people found this review helpful
Jun 24, 2011
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
Loved: Tanimura Mitsuki gives an excellent performance as Keito - the awkwardness and embarrassment of her character is conveyed well. Kurokawa Tomoka also does a good job as Keito's Lolita friend Momiji (although I think she looks too old for the role). The ending feels complete and is a natural progression of the story.



Didn't Love: I was disappointed the dorama wasn't as true to the manga it is based on as it could've been (they seem to have combined two characters into one and introduced a completely new one). Also, the ramifications of Keito's traumatic experience as a child aren't conveyed as well as they were in the manga. Similarly, the friendship/rivalry between Keito and Nako doesn't come across as complexly as it should. The cliché of a jealous, selfish rival is not new and adds little to the dorama.



Despite not living up to my initial expectations (those who haven't read the manga will probably enjoy the dorama more than those who have), Cat Street still manages to capture the original feeling of genuine friendship between the main characters. It can be a bit slow at times, has little comedy and a distinct lack of eye-candy - it's best suited to the serious viewer interested in the exploration of the complex feelings of the human heart.

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Details

  • Drama: Cat Street
  • Country: Japan
  • Episodes: 6
  • Aired: Aug 28, 2008 - Oct 2, 2008
  • Aired On: Thursday
  • Original Network: NHK
  • Duration: 45 min.
  • Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

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  • Score: 6.9 (scored by 901 users)
  • Ranked: #9320
  • Popularity: #6033
  • Watchers: 1,634

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