Oruorane the Cat Player (1992)
Original title: ねこひきのオルオラネ
Oruorane the Cat Player is a 1992 Japanese-language animation movie directed by Mizuho Nishikubo, with a running time of 30m. It stars Toshihiko Seki, Ai Orikasa and Banjo Ginga.
A passionless cellist, stumbling drunk through back alleys in the days before Christmas, meets a wizened hobo who has honed a technique that allows him to create impossible music from the mewing of stray cats. Enthralled, the once-jaded young musician hopes to reignite his creative spark under the mentorship of the old man and his feline friends.