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Tatsumi
Tatsumi
7.7
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207 Ratings

TATSUMI

Directed by Eric Khoo
Japan, Singapore, 2011
Animation, Biography, Drama

Synopsis

Tatsumi celebrates the life of Japanese comic artist, Yoshihiro Tatsumi. As he becomes successful, he redefines the manga landscape with an alternative genre for adults—and his work plunges into the darker aspects of life.

Synopsis

Tatsumi celebrates the life of Japanese comic artist, Yoshihiro Tatsumi. As he becomes successful, he redefines the manga landscape with an alternative genre for adults—and his work plunges into the darker aspects of life.

Our take

Dark nights of the soul unspool in an homage to the late Yoshihiro Tatsumi, who mastered the art of manga as the black rain of world war fell across Japan. Adapting his autobiographical novel A Drifting Life to screen, this animation shares with the acclaimed epic a convulsive, dynamic intensity.