is a Japanese

autobiographical An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life, providing a personal narrative that reflects on the author's experiences, memories, and insights. This genre allows individuals to share thei ...

manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...

written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara. It was serialized in

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but ...

's manga magazine ''

Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on October 14, 1980. Food, sports, romance and business are recurring themes in the magazine, and the stories often question conventional val ...

'' from 2003 to 2004, with its chapters collected in a single volume. A

live-action film Live action is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live action with animation to create a Live-action animation, live-action animated feature film. Live action is used to define ...

adaptation premiered in 2013. In 2005, the manga, along with '' Mainichi Kaasan'', won the

Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current ...

's Short story Award.

Cast

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as Natsumi Takahara * Fumino Kimura * Asuka Kurosawa * Ittoku Kishibe * Asaka Seto

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara, ''Jōkyō Monogatari'' was serialized in

's manga magazine ''

Big Comic Superior is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since July 1, 1987, by Shogakukan in Japan. Its target audience is somewhere between the audience for ''Big Comic Original'' and '' Big Comic Spirits''. The magazine has published works by a numb ...

'' from 2003 to 2004. Shogakukan collected its chapters in a single volume, released on November 24, 2004.

Live-action film

adaptation premiered on August 24, 2013.

Reception

In 2005, the manga, along with '' Mainichi Kaasan'', won the

's Short story Award.

Notes

References

External links

* * {{Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Live-action films based on manga Manga adapted into films Seinen manga Shogakukan manga