Jōkyō Monogatari (manga/live action)
Jōkyō Monogatari (上京ものがたり, “Going to Tokyo Story”) is a Japanese autobiographical manga written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2003 to 2004, with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume. A live-action film adaptation premiered in 2013.
In 2005, the manga, along with Mainichi Kaasan, won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize‘s Short story Award.
Cast
- Kii Kitano as Natsumi Takahara
- Fumino Kimura
- Asuka Kurosawa
- Ittoku Kishibe
- Asaka Seto
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara, Jōkyō Monogatari was serialized in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior from 2003 to 2004. Shogakukan collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on November 24, 2004.
Live-action film
A live-action film adaptation premiered on August 24, 2013.
Reception
In 2005, the manga, along with Mainichi Kaasan, won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize‘s Short story Award.
Notes
- ^ It started in the magazine’s 22nd issue of 2003, released on October 17 of that same year.
| Jōkyō Monogatari | |
Tankōbon volume cover
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| 上京ものがたり | |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Rieko Saibara |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Big Comic Superior |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 2003 – 2004 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Toshiyuki Morioka |
| Written by | Toshiyuki Morioka |
| Released | August 2013 |
A simple moment can change the entire life…
A pure friendship is being born…
