Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

📖 SYNOPSIS

Meet Tsuneo Suzukawa — a college kid with a dream to study marine biology abroad and about four part-time jobs standing between him and that goal. Then one night he literally stumbles into Josee, a sharp-tongued young woman in a wheelchair who'd rather be called by her literary nickname than her real name. Her grandmother offers Tsuneo paid work as Josee's caretaker, and since he needs the money, he takes it. What starts as a transactional arrangement slowly becomes something neither of them expected. Josee has spent most of her life indoors, experiencing the world through books and paintings. Tsuneo, always chasing the ocean, starts showing her the world outside her door. And somewhere along the way, she starts pushing him too — toward the things he's been putting off or afraid to reach for. It's a movie about two people who genuinely make each other braver, and it earns every emotional beat without feeling manipulative. Studio Bones brings gorgeous animation to the whole thing, and Evan Call's soundtrack hits in all the quiet, aching moments. If you've been wrecked by I Want to Eat Your Pancreas or A Silent Voice, this lives in that same space — romantic, tender, and honest about how hard it is to let someone into your life when you've built walls around it. One movie, ninety-odd minutes, and it stays with you.