''Josée'' is a 2020

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n romantic

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based on a Japanese short story ''

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is a 1984 Japanese short story by author Seiko Tanabe. It was first published in the June 1984 issue of ''Monthly Kadokawa''. It was later included alongside various stories in the short story collection ''Josee, the Tiger and the Fish'', whi ...

'' written by

Seiko Tanabe was a Japanese author. She graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature of Shōin Joshi Senmon Gakkō (now Osaka Shoin Women's University). Author of numerous novels, she won the Akutagawa Prize, Yomiuri Prize, and Asahi Prize, and rece ...

. It was directed and written by Kim Jong-kwan. It stars actress Han Ji-min as Josée and actor

Nam Joo-hyuk Nam Joo-hyuk (Korean: 남주혁; born February 22, 1994) is a South Korean model and actor. He began his career as a model, and appeared in several music videos before making his screen debut in 2014 with ''The Idle Mermaid''. He rose to promin ...

as Lee Young-seok. The film was released in South Korea on December 10, 2020.

Plot

Josée ( Han Ji-min) lives in a house where she and her grandmother live alone, reading and imagining her own world. Young-seok (

), who starts to feel special feelings for the woman he met by chance, begins to approach her slowly and sincerely. The two begin a relationship and experience first love and heartbreak in all its pains and joys.

Cast

* Han Ji-min as Josée *

as Lee Young-seok * Heo Jin as Mr. Dabok *

Park Ye-jin Park Ye-jin (born April 1, 1981) is a South Korean actress. Career Park Ye-jin made her acting debut in the 1999 horror film '' Memento Mori'', then appeared in leading and supporting roles in several TV series and films, notably '' What Hap ...

as Hye-seon * Shim Wan-joon as Hye-seon's boyfriend * Jung Yi-seo as Na-young * Jo Bok-rae as Cheol-ho * Lee So-hee as Soo-kyung * Lee Sung-wook as Choi-kyung

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