Cat Soup is a disquieting head-trip, a pastel-coloured fever dream, and over all else a supremely artistic small film which is as visually entertaining as it is conceptually unnerving. Directed in 2001 by Tatsuo Sato and co-conceived by Sato and Masaaki Yuasa, Cat Soup is an award-successful dark comedy small movie impressed by the work of cult manga artist Nekojiru.