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Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
1 hr 49 min
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Aired
1981-04-11 to ?
Source
Manga
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Seinen
Studios
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Producers
Toho
Licensors
Jarinko Chie (じゃりン子チエ)
Jarinko Chie is a movie directed by Takahata in 1981. Based on the very popular manga by Etsumi HARUKI, it is about ten year old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan", who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. This sounds really depressing, but it's actually a very funny comedy. The story is set in Osaka, which has a totally different culture from Tokyo. After the success of the movie, a TV series was made, and Takahata worked as the chief director. (Source: nausicaa.net)