The story revolves around the "Cat Hire House" in the city of Lin'an during the Southern Song Dynasty. The proprietress, Zhang Qiao Er, learned some cat-training techniques from the artisans when she was young. Whenever families in the city needed a cat servant, they would hire a cat from her shop. Unexpectedly, a major case in the city implicates Zhang Qiao Er, and then she meets Ma Qing Shan, an honest junior constable of Lin'an Prefecture. As the case unfolds, Zhang Qiao Er's other identity gradually emerges. It turns out she is the notorious "Cat Burglar" known among the common folk, and she has been the target of Ma Qing Shan's pursuit all along. Between their game of cat and mouse, affection blossoms, and eventually, they work together to expose the mastermind behind the scenes, safeguarding the city of Lin'an. (Source: MyDramaList) Edit Translation
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- Native Title: 聘猫记
- Also Known As: Pin Mao Ji , 聘貓記
- Director: Cai Guo Li
- Genres: Historical, Mystery, Romance
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Cast & Credits
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![Yu Xuan Chen in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama]( "Yu Xuan Chen in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama")
Yu Xuan ChenMa Qing ShanMain Role -
![Shang Xuan in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama]( "Shang Xuan in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama")
Shang XuanZhang Qiao ErMain Role -
![Wang Yi Xiao in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama]( "Wang Yi Xiao in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama")
Wang Yi XiaoMan NiangSupport Role -
![Li Zheng Lin in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama]( "Li Zheng Lin in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama")
Li Zheng LinCao Wan NingSupport Role -
![Zhang Gan Gan in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama]( "Zhang Gan Gan in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama")
Zhang Gan GanLu LiuSupport Role -
![Jiang Wei in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama]( "Jiang Wei in My Cat Burglar Chinese Drama")
Jiang WeiDuan Rui AnSupport Role
Reviews
Odd but sweet investigation production
This is an odd but sweet investigation, costume production with really good actors.Sadly, the premise of the story doesn’t really work for me. It’s odd for a human to run around sniffing cat hair and investigating murder. If FL was a cat-fairy or -deity, it might have worked better.
The love story is also odd, going from 0 to 100 in a split second.
Other than that, it’s a nice watch.
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Not enough cats
So, I really like cats. I came across this show by accident and just had to watch it for the cats, no matter how bad it is.And it is pretty bad. The plot and script are terrible, and the delivery doesn’t help either (the ML sounds like a robot, for example). The leads are solving murders but the cases are weirdly twisted to fit the cat theme. The cat stuff is sort of shoved in there in ways that don’t totally make sense, but none of the show makes that much sense to begin with, so you can only vaguely follow what’s going on. I was so confused about which caricature villain is stealing what cat for what.
The relationship between the leads is also weird. They are pretty inimical, then suddenly in an instant they are a couple; like somebody else said, I thought I missed a few episodes. The FL’s relationship with her brother is weird too.
The only reason anyone would watch this show is for the cats. I was pretty happy with the cat situation for awhile. There are quite a few, adults and kittens both, of various colors. They are really cute and even interact, like they are shown playing, cuddling, that sort of thing. I sort of suspected that they’re reusing cats, ie there are more cat characters than cat actors- but it’s kind of hard to tell because the show is nonsensical and I guess it doesn’t really matter anyways.
The first weird thing though, is that sometimes the cats seem in imminent danger of harm or death, and the FL- a professed cat lover- doesn’t seem to care that much or do anything about it. How can a cat lover not save a cat in danger?
And the second thing is, the cats disappear for a long stretch in the middle. Like they are just irrelevant to the story and don’t show up. What now, did the producers think I was watching this for the plot?
The cats do come back in the last few episodes, but sort of out of nowhere, unexplained, and by that point the show doesn’t even bother trying to tie the conflict back to cats. I also never figured out what happened to the potentially endangered cats.
So is it worth it to sit through this nonsensical, poorly executed, and barely coherent mess of a story just to see cats? Well, it’s true I can just watch cat videos to get my cat fix, but it’s not quite the same as seeing them featured in a show with an actual (kind of) plot. Also it’s pretty short- the episodes are only about 7 minutes each- so if it's a waste of time, it's not a huge one. The cats are really cute so I might have still thought this show is a fine and relaxing way to spend a casual evening... if the cats had not disappeared halfway through. Bait and switch.
4.5 for this show but +1 because, in the end, it does still have lots of cute cats. I just honestly don’t understand what people are thinking when they make a show like this. You might think, oh just some crazy cat people wanted to play with cats... but honestly, it doesn’t have enough cats or cat love to be the product of crazy cat people. They should have just made a show about a young woman saving cats and it would have been way better.
Oh, and the auto-generated subs are awful. The Mandarin is not very difficult though so if you know some, you could get by with listening.
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