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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

2003 · 116 min

A gentle, bittersweet romance that unfolds with quiet warmth and a lingering sadness, drawing you into its intimate emotional world.

Overview
A part-time employee in a mahjong parlour runs across a young woman, who is unable to walk, in baby carriage. He becomes friends with the woman and begins to feel enamoured with her.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Isshin Inudo
Written by
Aya Watanabe
Starring
Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Juri Ueno, Noriko Eguchi, Hirofumi Arai, Itsuji Itao, Eiko Shinya, Koji Ohkura
Music
Shigeru Kishida
Runtime
116 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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