Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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.

• Released: 2003-12-13
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 1h 56m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 56 votes

Directed by Isshin Inudo.

Top cast

• Satoshi Tsumabuki as Tsuneo
• Chizuru Ikewaki as Joze / Kumiko
• Juri Ueno as Kanae
• Noriko Eguchi as Noriko
• Hirofumi Arai as Koji
• Itsuji Itao as Manager
• Eiko Shinya as Grandmother
• Koji Ohkura as Mahjong Bar Patron
• Yasuhi Nakamura as Mahjong Bar Patron
• Tai Kageyama as Mahjong Bar Master

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

• United States: stream on Retrocrush, AsianCrush, RetroCrush Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Fawesome, Cineverse
• Canada: stream on Retrocrush, AsianCrush, Crave Amazon Channel; watch free on Cineverse; rent on CosmoGo; buy on CosmoGo

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