Chie the Brat

Chie the Brat

1981105 min6.8 / 10

A warm, character-driven family comedy about a resourceful girl navigating her parents' separation while keeping her struggling household afloat.

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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