Jarinko Chie (film)
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is a 1981 Japanese animated film co-written and directed by
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, based on the manga of the same name by
Etsumi Haruki is a Japanese manga artist. He received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a numb ...
. The film takes place in the lowly areas of
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, where sly and street smart Chie navigates a world where people spend their time drinking, gambling, and brawling. The film was produced by
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.CINEMASIE.COM, inemasie.com/en/fiche/oeuvre/chielapetitepeste//ref> After the film's success, Takahata served as the chief director for a followup TV series.Nausicaa.Net
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Plot

Known as "the most unfortunate girl in Japan", ten-year-old Chie is tasked with helping her troublesome
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father run a small tavern in
Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
. Chie sneaks out to visit her mother, who recently left her and her father. Chie schemes a way to reunite the two, but first she tries to figure out how to get her father a real job.


Production

The film was produced by
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and animated by
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with supporting animation done by
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Chie the Brat main page
/ref> During an interview for the film, Takahata was asked: "After producing a classic like ''
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'', how can you now do a film about a girl cooking giblets on skid row in Osaka?" The journalist asking was Toshio Suzuki, who would go on to become the president of
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, working with long-time colleagues Takahata and
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* * * {{TMS Entertainment films 1981 films 1981 anime films 1981 comedy films Animated films based on manga Films about cats Films about dysfunctional families Films directed by Isao Takahata Films set in Osaka Toho animated films TMS Entertainment