 The 1986 family movie "Koneko Monogatari" was filmed here.The English version of the film, which is the story of the friendship of a kitten and a pug dog, was released in America in 1989 as "The Adventures of Milo and Otis".The 1958 comedy "Rickshaw Man" is based on a local folk hero of Kokura called Muhomatsu or "Wild Pine" and has been called the Japanese "Desperado."