Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020 film)

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ジョゼと虎と魚たち
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Joze to Tora to Sakanatachi
Directed by	Kotaro Tamura
Screenplay by	Sayaka Kuwamura
Based on	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish by Seiko Tanabe
Produced by	Shuuzou Kasahara Kouichirou Mukai Mari Suzuki
Starring	Taishi Nakagawa Kaya Kiyohara Yume Miyamoto Kazuyuki Okitsu Lynn Chiemi Matsutera Shintarō Moriyama (Mitorizu) Lily (Mitorizu)
Cinematography	Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi
Edited by	Kumiko Sakamoto
Music by	Evan Call
Production company	Bones
Distributed by	Shochiku Animation Kadokawa Animation[1]
Release dates	October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30) (Busan) December 25, 2020 (2020-12-25) (Japan)
Running time	98 minutes[2]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (ジョゼと虎と魚たち, Joze to Tora to Sakanatachi) is a 2020 Japanese animated romantic drama film, based on the short story of the same name by Seiko Tanabe. The film stars the voices of Taishi Nakagawa and Kaya Kiyohara.

It is directed by Kotaro Tamura from a screenplay by Sayaka Kuwamura, with original character designs by Nao Emoto (who also created a tie-in manga), animation character designs by Haruko Iizuka (who also served as chief supervising animator), and animation production by Bones.^[1]

The film opened in 9th place at the Japanese box office in its initial week of release, and received highly positive reviews from critics.^[3]