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Similar to The End of Us

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Original: ジョゼと虎と魚たち

Together they can fly.

8.3TMDB / 107.6IMDb / 1025%Match
Released
25 Dec 2020
Runtime
1h 38m
Language
Japanese
Director
Kôtarô Tamura

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) shares a 25% thematic match with The End of Us, overlapping on Relationship. With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair.

Why it matches The End of Us

Shared genres

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) lists 3 genres — Animation, Drama, Romance — and 2 of them overlap with The End of Us (67%). That multi-genre overlap is why the engine flagged this one above single-genre matches.

Overlapping themes

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Overall match score

25%

With 1 overlapping theme and 2 shared genres, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020) lands in the edge-case of our recommendation set for The End of Us. The 60/40 keyword-vs-genre weighting is what separates this score from a shared-genre coincidence.

How audiences received it

TMDB viewer rating

TMDB viewers have given Josee, the Tiger and the Fish an average of 8.3 / 10 across 367 votes.

IMDb audience score

IMDb — a broader, mainstream audience — rates it 7.6 / 10 (12.0K votes). Comparing the two platforms tells you whether the film resonates more with cinephiles or general viewers.

Letterboxd community

The indie-leaning Letterboxd community rates it 3.68 / 5. Letterboxd tends to reward atmosphere and craft over spectacle.

Popularity signal

Current TMDB popularity index: 21.9 — moderately tracked. Popularity is a rolling weekly signal, so it reflects present-day discovery, not historical footprint.

The film in context

Where it sits

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish — released on 25 Dec 2020, running 1h 38m, in Japanese.

Direction & writing

Directed by Kôtarô Tamura. Written by Seiko Tanabe.

On screen

Kaya Kiyohara
Taishi Nakagawa
Matsutera Chiemi
Kengo Kawanishi
Lynn

Studios

BONES
KADOKAWA
Shochiku
East Japan Marketing & Communications
TOY'S FACTORY
KDDI

FAQ

Is Josee, the Tiger and the Fish similar to The End of Us?

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Our engine rates Josee, the Tiger and the Fish a 25% thematic match with The End of Us, weighted 60% on shared keywords and 40% on shared genres. That places it at the edges of our catalogue of similar films.

When was Josee, the Tiger and the Fish released?

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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish was released in 2020 and runs 1h 38m.

How is Josee, the Tiger and the Fish rated?

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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish holds 8.3 / 10 on TMDB (367 votes) and 7.6 / 10 on IMDb (12.0K votes).

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