Jōkyō Monogatari

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.

Jōkyō Monogatari
Tankōbon volume cover
上京ものがたり
Manga
Written by	Rieko Saibara
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Superior
Original run	2003 – 2004
Volumes	1
Live-action film
Directed by	Toshiyuki Morioka
Written by	Toshiyuki Morioka
Released	August 2013 (2013-08)

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.^[a] Shogakukan collected its chapters in a single tankōbon volume, released on November 24, 2004.^[3]

Live-action film

A live-action film adaptation premiered on August 24, 2013.^[4][5]

Reception

In 2005, the manga, along with Mainichi Kaasan, won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's Short story Award.^[6]

Notes

1. It started in the magazine's 22nd issue of 2003,^[1] released on October 17 of that same year.^[2]