Kent said her organization had a number of complaints from people who had seen the film and were concerned that it could not have been made without cruelty. The Sunday Mail reported at the time that Animal Liberation Queensland founder Jacqui Kent alleged the killing of more than 20 kittens during production and added that she was disturbed by reports from Europe which alleged other animals had been injured, as in one case where a producer allegedly had broken a cat's paw to make it appear unsteady on its feet. When the film was first released, several Australian animal rights organizations raised allegations of animal cruelty during filming and called for a boycott. The Adventures of Milo and Otis was the number one Japanese film on the domestic market in 1986, earning ВҐ5.4 billion in distribution income. The song 'Walk Outside', written by Dick Tarrier, is performed by Dan Crow in the opening shots and end credits. 'Piano Concerto in A Minor op.54' by Edvard Grieg.'Impromptu in B flat' by Schubert, a 'Bourree' from Terpsichore by Praetorius, and.'How Beautifully Blue the Sky' by Gilbert and Sullivan,.'Perpetual Motion' by Johann Strauss II,.'Dialogue Between the Wind and the Waves' from 'La Mer' by Debussy,.' People With Long Ears' by Saint-SaГ«ns,.'Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen D 774' by Franz Schubert,.'Of Foreign Lands and People' from 'Scenes from Childhood' by Robert Schumann,.' Appalachian Spring' by Aaron Copland,.The English-language version of the film contains music by classical composers including: The soundtrack was released as The Adventures of Chatran: Original Soundtrack.

The original Japanese soundtrack was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto and included a theme song of the same name performed by Noriko Yoshinaga. They help each other's families to survive the harsh winter and find their way back together through the forest to their barn, living together. After this, they separate and raise puppies and kittens. Milo and Otis are reunited, and soon find mates of their own: Joyce, a cat, for Milo and Sondra, a pug, for Otis. Finally, the two catch up with one another while Milo is in the hole. Otis, for his part, follows Milo throughout, usually only an hour behind and less than a mile out of range. He encounters no fewer than three bears escapes from the desolate, raven-infested Deadwood Swamp steals a muskrat from a vulpine cache follows a train-track to the home of a female deer, who shelters him sleeps in an Owl's 'dreaming nest' stays for a while with a sow pig and her piglets catches a fish, only to have it stolen by a raccoon is mobbed by seagulls and evades first the third bear, then a snake, only to fall into a hole. Milo goes on many adventures, escaping one incident after another. When Milo is playing inside a box floating in the river, he accidentally drifts downstream. Otis convinces the chick that Otis is not his mother by acting tough on Milo and scaring the Chick. They then look after Gloria's chick, who thinks Otis is his mother. He finds a pug puppy named Otis, and they soon become friends. One of the kittens is named Milo, and has a habit of being too curious and getting himself into trouble. The film opens in a barn with a mother cat who has given birth to kittens. 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. Initially filmed as Koneko Monogatari (еђзЊ«з‰©иЄћ A Kitten's Story alternate English title: The Adventures of Chatran) in Kitakyushu, Japan, the film was completely revamped, trimmed and westernized with added narration by Dudley Moore (Shigeru Tsuyuki narrated the Japanese version).

The original Japanese version was released on June 27, 1986, and the reworked English language version was released on August 25, 1989. The Adventures of Milo and Otis is a live action Japanese film about an orange tabby cat named Milo and a fawn pug named Otis.

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