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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 13, 2003

Runtime

1h 56m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

69%

Original Title

ジョゼと虎と魚たち

Production Companies

Asmik Ace Entertainment, IMJ Entertainment, M.S.C., Kansai Television, Hakuhodo

Director

Isshin Inudo

Description

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers 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 parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. 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 Josee.