Fresh
Western viewers might liken it to Disney meets The Dark Knight.
Geoff Pevere, Globe and Mail
Overview
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.
Director and cast
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Fresh
Singaporean director Eric Khoo's stylishly impressive homage to the mangaka, converting his memoir, A Drifting Life, into a cinematic work employing animation that is true to Tatsumi's original work.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Fresh
It's potent stuff, delving into pornography, incest, murder and mutilation in the company of alienated men and unhappy, sometimes cruel women.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
If the structure sometimes disrupts the story of his life, the strong lines and melancholy sensibility of the illustration form an anchor that keep the power of Tatsumi's work firmly in view.
Michelle Orange, Village Voice
Fresh
If Khoo's film doesn't amount to more than its parts, more often than not those parts are vivid and arresting.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
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