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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

INUDOU Isshin

Japan2003 117min 35mm Color

Synopsis

Tsuneo, encouters an old woman pushing a huge baby pram. Inside, he discovers Kimiko, a young woman stricken by cerebral pals as a child and unable to walk. As Tsuneo and Kimiko become friends and then lovers, her narrow world begins to open up with visits to the zoo and to a hotel where holographic fish swim on the walls.
 

Diretor

INUDOU Isshin

Born in 1960. Upon graduating from high school, he directed several independent films. He has won a variety of Best Director Prizes in Japan such as at the PIA Film Festival. Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is his representative work.