Animated film based on the life and stories of Manga writer Yoshihiro Tatsumi who revolutionised the art form with darker, more adult stories. The film animates several of his stories.
Direction
Blends interview footage with fiction so seamlessly you'll forget which is which.
Writing
Tatsumi's autobiographical segments are as brutal as his invented tragedies.
Director
Eric Khoo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tatsumi coined 'gekiga' (dramatic pictures) in 1957 to distinguish adult manga from children's comics, essentially creating the visual language for Akira and Ghost in the Shell decades later.
Eric Khoo spent six years securing rights and flew to Tokyo monthly to convince the reclusive Tatsumi, who finally agreed after seeing Khoo's previous film about Singaporean food hawkers.
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