'The Cat (who is a) Ramen-shop Owner'[2]), also known in English as Pussy Soup, is a 2008 Japanese comedy film directed by Minoru Kawasaki.

The story is weak as water and most of the humour falls flat, with even the puppet thing getting old very quickly.

"[5] The film is ranked number 6 in the list of Asian cat films established by AsianMoviePlus, who warns the reader that the cat in the film is "a puppet who contemplates suicide and deals with father issues, fame and the search for himself.

"[7] The film has been called a "criminally underrated work"[8] and "a mixture of Garfield and Tampopo".

[9] Pussy Soup was screened at the Nippon Connection Filmfestival, in Frankfurt in 2009.