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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

2020 · 98 min · Director: Kôtarô Tamura ★ IMDb 7.7 · 13,257 ratings

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Tsuneo is a university student studying biology and in love with the ocean, avidly does recreational diving and working in a diving shop to fulfill his dream of diving abroad. One day an unexpected encounter with Josee, a sullen and demanding disabled young woman will take them through a journey that is compassionate, inspirational, loving, and filled with child-like innocence.

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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance, Animation. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 7.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Sadness
  • Inspiration

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Love
Sadness
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 63 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveSadnessInspiration
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor40 %3 %5 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor43 %6 %9 %9 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor49 %6 %16 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension53 %9 %26 %29 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Inspiration55 %21 %24 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Inspiration59 %33 %15 %50 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Inspiration55 %34 %14 %41 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Love50 %35 %18 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Inspiration56 %43 %30 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Sadness66 %45 %51 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Sadness72 %39 %66 %19 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Sadness80 %35 %69 %5 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Tension85 %35 %69 %3 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Sadness80 %41 %70 %10 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Sadness70 %48 %61 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Sadness70 %50 %48 %53 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Inspiration79 %54 %34 %74 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Inspiration83 %61 %18 %76 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Love85 %75 %10 %73 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

KK
Kaya Kiyohara

YM
Yume Miyamoto

Mai Ninomiya (voice)

MC
Matsutera Chiemi

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Hayato Matsuura (voice)

L
Lynn

Kana Kishimoto (voice)

CM
Chiemi Matsutera

Chizu Yamamura (voice)

KO
Kanji Obana

Professor Kondo (voice)

SM
Shintarou Moriyama

Nishida (voice)

YU
Yuuya Uchida

Mizushima (voice)

JU
Jin Urayama

Fujita (voice)

L
Lily

Train Station Attendant (voice)

Masaki Terasoma

Doctor (voice)

Kengo Kawanishi

Yukichi (voice)

MI
Masaaki Ihara

Additional Voices (voice)

MK
Madoka Kido

Additional Voices (voice)

AK
Arisa Kori

Additional Voices (voice)

SS
Shuhei Sakaguchi

Additional Voices (voice)

AS
Ayu Shoji

Additional Voices (voice)

MT
Masaya Takatsuka

Additional Voices (voice)

AT
Ayako Takeuchi

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Details

Directed by
Kôtarô Tamura
Written by
Seiko Tanabe, Sayaka Kuwamura
Type
Animation
Released
2020
Runtime
98 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.7 · 13,257 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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