More like a series of short episodes than a single cohesive film, "Rent-a-Cat" follows the adventures of Sayoko (Ichikawa Mikako). A woman with a strange power of drawing cats to her home, Sayoko spends her day wandering the city with her cart of cats, looking for potential renters. Business is quiet on most days, but Sayoko has a list of very satisfied clients, including a lonely old lady, a man living away from his family for work in the big city, and a miserable sales clerk at a car rental agency. But for some reason, Sayoko can't seem to find anyone to cure her own case of loneliness…