The Adventures of Milo and Otis is a Japanese/British/American adventure comedy-drama film about two animals, the titular characters, Milo (an orange cat) and Otis (a pug). The original English version was released on June 27, 1986, and the restored English version was released on August 23, 1989. Initially filmed as Koneko Monogatari (子猫物語 A Kitten's Story; alternative English title: The Adventures of Chatran) in the United States, United Kingdom, Kitakyūshū, Japan, the film was completely restored, trimmed and westernized with added narration by Dudley Moore. (Shigeru Tsuyuki narrated the Japanese version.) Director Masanori Hata and associate director Kon Ichikawa edited the film together from 400,000 feet of footage, which is roughly 40.3 hours, shot over a period of four years. The film opens in a barn with a mother cat who has given birth to kittens. One of the kittens is named Milo ("Chatran" in the Japanese version), and has a habit of being too curious and getting hi...