Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Together they can fly.
2020 | 98m | Japanese
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Kotaro Tamura |
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| Writer: | Sayaka Kuwamura |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 25, 2020 |
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| Director: | Kotaro Tamura |
| Writer: | Sayaka Kuwamura |
| Genres: | Animation, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | paraplegic, love, slice of life, relationship, based on short story, disability, anime, romantic, comforting |
| Production Companies | Shochiku, KADOKAWA, BONES, jeki, KDDI, TBS Radio, TOY'S FACTORY, Movie Walker |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 19, 2025 Entered: Oct 19, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Taishi Nakagawa | Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice) |
| Kaya Kiyohara | Kumiko 'Josee' Yamamura (voice) |
| Yume Miyamoto | Mai Ninomiya (voice) |
| Kazuyuki Okitsu | Hayato Matsuura (voice) |
| Lynn | Kana Kishimoto (voice) |
| Chiemi Matsutera | Chizu Yamamura (voice) |
| Kanji Obana | Professor Kondo (voice) |
| Shintarou Moriyama | Nishida (voice) |
| Yuuya Uchida | Mizushima (voice) |
| Jin Urayama | Fujita (voice) |
| Lily | Train Station Attendant (voice) |
| Masaki Terasoma | Doctor (voice) |
| Kengo Kawanishi | Yukichi (voice) |
| Masaaki Ihara | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Madoka Kido | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Arisa Kori | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Shuhei Sakaguchi | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ayu Shoji | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Masaya Takatsuka | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ayako Takeuchi | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Keiko Tsukamoto | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Arisa Tsuruno | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Yui Nakajima | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Sanae Nakata | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Nico | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ayano Hamaguchi | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Kenji Hamada | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Yukari Hikida | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Takumu Miyazono | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Takahiro Ikeda | Music Director |
| Junichi Arai | Online Editor |
| Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi | Director of Photography |
| Masaru Ohshiro | Key Animation |
| Takashi Yasui | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Miyuki Koga | Key Animation |
| Tatsuro Nagai | Key Animation |
| Yoshiyuki Ito | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Souichirou Sako | Key Animation |
| Mio Araki | Key Animation |
| Ryoko Amisaki | Key Animation |
| Saori Suruki | Key Animation |
| Naho Seike | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Hideki Yamazaki | Key Animation |
| Shizuo Kurahashi | Sound Effects |
| Sachiko Nishi | Sound Effects |
| Miki Ogino | Animation Director, Key Animation, Costume Designer |
| Shino Kuzuhara | Key Animation |
| Koichiro Ueda | Key Animation |
| Tomomi Shimazaki | Key Animation |
| Kotaro Tamura | Second Unit Director, Director, Storyboard Artist |
| Naoko Ikeuchi | Key Animation |
| Tetsuya Miyanishi | Second Unit Director |
| Hisashi Samejima | Key Animation |
| Yoshihiro Maeda | Key Animation |
| Tomoko Nitta | Key Animation |
| Hiroki Kanno | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Kazuaki Imoto | Key Animation |
| Mariko Aoki | Key Animation |
| Kenji Hachizaki | Key Animation |
| Fujio Oda | Key Animation |
| Keiko Fukumoto | Key Animation |
| Ayaka Koyama | Background Designer |
| Toshihiro Kawamoto | Animation Director, Key Animation, Layout Supervisor, Graphic Designer |
| Miki Tanaka | Background Designer |
| Yumi Nomura | Special Effects |
| Ryoma Yamada | Background Designer |
| Tomoyo Nakayama | Key Animation |
| Shichiza Nakamura | Animation |
| Kohei Tokuoka | Key Animation, Animation Director, Costume Designer |
| Masataka Ikegami | Compositing Artist |
| Satoshi Mashida | Casting Director |
| Fuma Takagi | Compositing Artist |
| Haruko Iizuka | Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director |
| Takuma Miyake | 3D Director |
| Rin Ichikawa | Animation |
| Masayuki Otsuki | Other |
| Ayaka Minami | Online Editor |
| Manabu Tanzawa | Key Animation |
| Keiko Takano | Key Animation |
| Kenjirou Okada | Second Unit Director |
| Tsunenori Saito | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Tomoko Hamanaka | Key Animation |
| Nobutaka Masuda | Key Animation |
| Ayumi Abe | Key Animation |
| Akira Kano | Key Animation |
| Sotaro Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Hyein | Key Animation |
| Sayaka Takase | Key Animation |
| Masato Kudo | Key Animation |
| Nobuhiro Arai | Key Animation |
| Yumi Shimojo | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Yukiko Miyamoto | Key Animation |
| Yuki Sugihara | Background Designer |
| Chiemi Irisa | Special Effects |
| Taro Goto | Background Designer |
| Yuko Doi | Background Designer |
| Eriko Shibayama | Background Designer |
| Fumihilo Katagai | Prop Designer |
| Hiroyuki Nameki | Compositing Artist |
| Kota Sasaki | Compositing Artist |
| Yuriko Hino | Compositing Artist |
| Kyouhei Nishikawa | Production Assistant |
| Hiroko Umezaki | Color Designer |
| Eve | Theme Song Performance |
| Makiko Nakamura | Production Office Assistant |
| Ryo Takaoka | Publicist |
| Kazuhiro Wakabayashi | Sound Director |
| Makoto Honda | 3D Director |
| Shuuhei Hosokawa | Key Animation |
| Tsuyoshi Tobita | Second Unit Director |
| Nahoko Iiyama | Animation Director, Key Animation |
| Yuka Hirata | Key Animation |
| Yuki Ito | Key Animation |
| Hiroshi Kawashima | Key Animation |
| Kaori Saito | Key Animation |
| Hiroyuki Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Yusuke Adachi | Key Animation |
| Takahiro Kagami | Key Animation |
| Tomomi Ishii | Key Animation |
| Kouta Sugawa | Key Animation |
| Daisuke Takemoto | Key Animation |
| Seiko Tanabe | Short Story |
| Ken Nakamura | Background Designer |
| Nobuaki Ishihara | Background Designer |
| Yasuomi Kishi | Background Designer |
| Ryutaro Ueda | Background Designer |
| Akari Kouno | Production Assistant |
| Sohei Suzuki | Production Assistant |
| Seiko Oguchi | Casting Director |
| Zhang Yingying | Compositing Artist |
| Satomi Ryukaku | Compositing Artist |
| Saku Sokabe | Production Assistant |
| Loundraw | Conceptual Design |
| Yuji Kaneko | Art Direction |
| Sayaka Kuwamura | Screenplay |
| Nobuhito Takemoto | Other |
| Mizuki Ohara | Key Animation |
| Miyuki Sasagawa | Key Animation |
| Masayuki Ozaki | Key Animation |
| Kazumasa Ishikawa | Key Animation |
| Haruka Sanefuji | Key Animation |
| Sota Kameyama | Background Designer |
| Akihiro Hirasawa | Art Designer |
| Yuuichi Furuichi | Special Effects |
| Mayumi Okabe | Background Designer |
| Shoko Nakamura | Prop Designer |
| Shigeru Saito | Music Producer |
| Ai Ichikawa | Theme Song Performance |
| Takashi Sawa | Compositing Artist |
| Mayuko Furumoto | Compositing Artist |
| Haruna Shinjo | Compositing Artist |
| Tetsuya Satake | Sound Recordist |
| Evan Call | Original Music Composer, Main Title Theme Composer |
| Kumiko Sakamoto | Editor |
| Maiko Tomizawa | 3D Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Shoji Kadota | Executive Producer |
| Masahiko Minami | Executive Producer |
| Koichi Inaba | Executive Producer |
| Nobuaki Takahashi | Associate Producer |
| Mari Suzuki | Producer |
| Junji Igarashi | Executive Producer |
| Toshihiro Takahashi | Executive Producer |
| Masanori Yumiya | Executive Producer |
| Kei Morita | Executive Producer |
| Shuzo Kasahara | Producer |
| Kota Kuroda | Executive Producer |
| Takeshi Kikuchi | Executive Producer |
| Shinichirou Inoue | Executive Producer |
| Koichiro Mukai | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 27 | 35 | 23 |
| 2024 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 22 |
| 2024 | 6 | 28 | 38 | 20 |
| 2024 | 7 | 35 | 65 | 24 |
| 2024 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 20 |
| 2024 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 15 |
| 2024 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 17 |
| 2024 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 16 |
| 2025 | 1 | 25 | 30 | 20 |
| 2025 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 952 | 960 |
Alunauwie
8.0
Josee, The Tiger and The Fish tells a touching story of two dreamers facing personal and external challenges, brought to life with smooth animation and expressive voice acting. The film thoughtfully explores deep internal conflicts, such as Josee’s struggle for freedom and Tsuneo’s balancing of ambi ... tion and love, while also portraying strong supporting characters and tension from outside forces. Its vivid visuals and well-chosen music enhance the emotional impact, creating a rich, harmonious experience. The story’s satisfying resolution highlights meaningful character growth, and the after-credit scene reveals an important final touch. Overall, it’s a romantic and engaging film perfect for fans of heartfelt storytelling. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)
Sep 30, 2025