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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Together they can fly.

20208.31h 38m

Overview

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.

Directed by Kotaro Tamura
Written by Seiko Tanabe, Sayaka Kuwamura
Produced by Mari Suzuki, Koichiro Mukai, Shuzo Kasahara
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Top Cast

Taishi Nakagawa

Taishi Nakagawa

Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice)

Kaya Kiyohara

Kaya Kiyohara

Kumiko 'Josee' Yamamura (voice)

Yume Miyamoto

Yume Miyamoto

Mai Ninomiya (voice)

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Hayato Matsuura (voice)

Lynn

Lynn

Kana Kishimoto (voice)

Chiemi Matsutera

Chiemi Matsutera

Chizu Yamamura (voice)

Kanji Obana

Kanji Obana

Professor Kondo (voice)

Shintarou Moriyama

Shintarou Moriyama

Nishida (voice)

Yuuya Uchida

Yuuya Uchida

Mizushima (voice)

Jin Urayama

Jin Urayama

Fujita (voice)

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookparaplegicloveslice of liferelationshipbased on short storydisabilityanimeromanticcomforting

About Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is a animation, drama, romance film released in 2020 exploring themes of based on novel or book, paraplegic, love, slice of life, relationship, based on short story. Directed by Kotaro Tamura, it stars Taishi Nakagawa, Kaya Kiyohara, Yume Miyamoto. 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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