Year: 2011
Duration: 96'
Japan, the late post-war occupation period. Young Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s passion for comic books becomes a way for his to support his penniless family. When he meets his idol, the great Osamu Tezuka, and his first works are published, the young comic book artist is encouraged to continue on his chosen path and, in the late 1950s, he invents gekiga, a more realistic and disturbing illustrated genre which, for the first time, is meant for adults. “I have been a massive fan of the short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi for over two decades and I was overwhelmed after reading his autobiography, A Drifting Life. His life story was inspirational. I was extremely moved by the love and passion he has for his craft, and the trials and tribulations he went through in pursuit of it. I felt compelled to re-read his short stories that were written in the late 60s and 70s. Not only is Yoshihiro Tatsumi a consummate storyteller, he is also a brutally astute and honest observer of love, life and the human condition.”
Biography
film director
Eric Khoo
Eric Khoo (Singapore) with his first feature film, Mee Pok Man (1995), received various awards at the festivals in Fukuoka, Busan and Singapore, while his next film, 12 Storeys (1997), received a prize at the 17th Hawaii International Film Festival. In 2005, Be with Me was chosen as the opening film at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs in Cannes, where three years later his film My Magic competed. Khoo has received the highest artistic honors from his country and was also named Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture. Since 2007 he has been a member of the executive council of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Mee Pok Man (1995), 12 Storeys (1997), Be with Me (2005), My Magic (2008), Tatsumi (anim., 2011).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Eric Khoo
soggetto/story
dal/from the manga A Drifting Life e altri lavori di/and other works by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Eric Khoo, Yoshihiro Tatsumi
scenografia/production design
Widhi Saputro
animatori/animators
Phil Mitchell, Rafael Bonifacio, Jebbie Barrios
musica/music
Christopher Khoo, Christine Sham
suono/sound
Kazz
interpreti/cast
Tetsuya Bessho, Yoshihiro Tatsumi (voci narranti/Narrators)
produttori/producers
Tan Fong Cheng, Phil Mitchell, Freddie Yeo, Eric Khoo
produzione/production
Zhao Wei Films, Infinite Frameworks
vendita all’estero/world sales
The Match Factory
