Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Movie · Romance · Drama

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah jong parlor. Lately customers in the parlor have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage...money? Drugs? One day the owner of the mah jong parlor sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guardrail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself 'Josée'. Her real name is Kumiko, and she is unable to walk, so her grandmother takes her out early every morning in the old baby carriage. To thank Tsuneo for his help, they offer him breakfast, and he begins to fall under the spell of the young woman's unusual charm. Kumiko has named herself 'Josée' after the heroine of a novel by Francoise Sagan, and Tsuneo comes to call this strange girl by that name. He grows more and more attracted to her in this offbeat love story of artless purity in collision with the real world.

2004 · 1h 56m
Starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Juri Ueno
Director Isshin Inudô

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Cast & Crew

  • Satoshi Tsumabuki
    Tsuneo
  • Chizuru Ikewaki
    Josee
  • Juri Ueno
    Kanae
  • Hirofumi Arai
    Koji
  • YosiYosi Arakawa
    Bookstore Clerk
  • Noriko Eguchi
    Noriko
  • Daigo Fujisawa
    Ryuji
  • K‌F
    Kazuhiro Fujiwara
    Haruki Kanai
  • Itsuji Itao
    The Manager
  • Tai Kageyama
    Master of Mahjong Bar
  • A‌M
    Annu Mari
    Woman at Mahjong Bar

About

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Romance

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah jong parlor. Lately customers in the parlor have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage...money? Drugs? One day the owner of the mah jong parlor sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guardrail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself 'Josée'. Her real name is Kumiko, and she is unable to walk, so her grandmother takes her out early every morning in the old baby carriage. To thank Tsuneo for his help, they offer him breakfast, and he begins to fall under the spell of the young woman's unusual charm. Kumiko has named herself 'Josée' after the heroine of a novel by Francoise Sagan, and Tsuneo comes to call this strange girl by that name. He grows more and more attracted to her in this offbeat love story of artless purity in collision with the real world.

Information

Studio
Asmik Ace, Inc.
Released
2004
Run Time
1 hr 56 min
Rated
15세 이상 관람가
Region of Origin
Japan
© 2003 Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Film Partners

Languages

Original Audio
Japanese, Japanese (Japan)
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Japanese (AAC)

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