Ichigo Chips (苺の破片イチゴノカケラ) 19 years old

Ichigo no kakera deals with a female manga artist Ichigo Nekoda (Miyazawa), whose career is heading into a downward spiral as she can't reinvent the success of her 12 year old hit the Cherry Road. Now in her early 30's she's become quite fond of alcohol and egoism to some annoyance of her loyal manager Tomoko (Kajiwara), who isn't willing to leave her side even though the financial strains of her client are also becoming her personal burdens. Ichigo still gets greeted by her female fans and willingly signs autographs, but getting praised for work that she's done over a decade ago doesn't digest as smoothly as one would assume. Her on and off man, who happens to also be her editor steers toward the off days more than usual as he also grows tired of Ichigo's uninspired ways. But when the going gets tough, Ichigo heads down to a transvestite bar where she's more than welcomed with words of wisdom and a few hard drinks.

Credits

Yoshino Kimura as

Renji Ishibashi as

Manabu Oshio as

Maki Carrousel as

Mantarô Koichi as

Sansei Shiomi as

Ichigo Chips Cast

Name	Character
Yoshino Kimura She was 28, now 48 years old
Renji Ishibashi He was 63, now 82 years old
Manabu Oshio He was 26, now 45 years old
Maki Carrousel She was 62, now 81 years old
Mantarô Koichi
Sansei Shiomi He was 57, now 76 years old
Miho Miyazawa She was 31, now 50 years old
Aki Kajiwara She was 31, now 50 years old
Masahiro Komoto He was 39, now 58 years old

Ichigo Chips Crew

Name	Department
Shuichi Kakesu as Editor. He was 48 (now 67) years old	Editing
Hiro'o Yanagida as Director of Photography.	Camera
Shun Nakahara as Director. He was 53 (now 72) years old	Directing
Mari Miyamoto as Costume Design.	Costume & Make-Up
Miho Miyazawa as Writer. She was 31 (now 50) years old	Writing
Aki Kajiwara as Writer. She was 31 (now 50) years old	Writing
Moku as Music.	Sound

Ichigo Chips (19 years)

Release day: Saturday, February 19, 2005
Runtime: 91 minutes

Ichigo Chips (苺の破片 イチゴノカケラ) 19 years old