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.

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Studios

• Tokyo Movie Shinsha
• Toho
• Kitty Film

Staff

• Hidenori Taga — Production
• Isao Takahata — Director
• Yasuo Ootsuka — Animation Director, Character Design
• Hirokata Takahashi — Director of Photography
• Yoshihisa Tsurubuchi — Editing
• Tetsuo Katayama — Production
• Satoshi Katou — Sound Director
• Masako Shinohara — Key Animation
• Masaaki Endou — In-Between Animation
• Tsukasa Tannai — Key Animation
• Youichi Kotabe — Animation Director
• Reiko Okuyama — Key Animation
• Chie Uratani — In-Between Animation
• Katsu Hoshi — Music
• Shoujurou Yamauchi — Key Animation
• Yasumi Mikamoto — Assistant Director
• Junko Shimozaki — In-Between Animation
• Noboru Shiroyama — Script