Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Name: Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Released: 2020-12-25
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Taishi Nakagawa, Kaya Kiyohara, Yume Miyamoto, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Lynn

2020·Movie·PG·98 min·★ 8.3(602)

Animation Drama Romance More Japanese titles

“Together they can fly.”

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

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About Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is a 2020 Japanese-language animation, drama and romance film directed by Kotaro Tamura. The cast is led by Taishi Nakagawa, Kaya Kiyohara, Yume Miyamoto. It has a runtime of 1h 38m. Viewers rate it 8.3/10 across 600 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish was produced by BONES, KADOKAWA, and Shochiku and made in Japan. It was released on December 25, 2020, and carries a PG certification.

Director: Kotaro Tamura
Writers: Sayaka Kuwamura
Release date: December 25, 2020
OTT release: August 11, 2022
Original language: Japanese
Age rating: PG
Status: Released
Country: Japan
Production: BONES, KADOKAWA, Shochiku

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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish cast & crew

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish was directed by Kotaro Tamura and written by Sayaka Kuwamura.

The cast features Taishi Nakagawa as Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice), Kaya Kiyohara as Kumiko 'Josee' Yamamura (voice), Yume Miyamoto as Mai Ninomiya (voice), Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hayato Matsuura (voice), Lynn as Kana Kishimoto (voice), and Chiemi Matsutera as Chizu Yamamura (voice).

Behind the camera, the score was composed by Evan Call, cinematography is by Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi, and it was produced by Koichi Inaba and Takeshi Kikuchi.

Is Josee, the Tiger and the Fish worth watching?

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish holds an audience score of 8.3/10 from 602 ratings, ranking it among the most acclaimed animation films.

At 1h 38m, it's an easy, time-light watch.

If you enjoy animation, drama, and romance, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is worth a place on your watchlist.

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It first became available to stream digitally on August 11, 2022.

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