Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2003)

August 18, 2023 9:53 AM

[TRAILER] 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.

Starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Juri Ueno.

Directed by Isshin Inudo. Screenplay by Aya Watanabe, based on the short story by Seiko Tanabe.

Average rating of 3.8 on Letterboxd.

Not currently available in the US via conventional streaming options, but available in its entirety with English subtitles on DailyMotion. JustWatch.

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posted by DirtyOldTown (1 comment total)

There is also an anime version of this from a few years back.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:54 AM on August 18, 2023