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Chie the Brat

1981 · 105 min

A warm, gently comic slice of life that finds tenderness and quiet heartache in a scrappy working-class neighbourhood.

Overview: Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Unbeknown to her dad, she occasionally visits her mother who left him not too long ago. She plans on trying to reunite them, but not until her father gets a job.

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
coming-of-age
class
redemption
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: family, animation, comedy, drama
Directed by: Isao Takahata
Written by: Isao Takahata, Noboru Shiroyama
Starring: Chinatsu Nakayama, Norio Nishikawa, Yoshio Kamigata, Gannosuke Ashiya, Kyōko Mitsubayashi, Utako Kyō, Keisuke Otori, Bunshi Katsura VI
Cinematography: Hirokata Takahashi
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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