Tatsumi
Tatsumi
A tribute to an artist who sought to make comics cinematic, Eric Khoo's animated feature TATSUMI brings the manga legend classic stories to the big screen for the first time.
3.2 out of 5 based on 12 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
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| Genre |
Biography, Drama |
| Director |
Eric Khoo |
| Cast |
Yoshihiro Tatsumi Tetsuya Bessho |
| Studio |
Soda Pictures |
| Release Date |
January 2012 |
| Running Time |
94 mins |
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A tribute to an artist who sought to make comics cinematic, Eric Khoo's animated feature TATSUMI brings the manga legend classic stories to the big screen for the first time.
Reviews
The Financial Times
Nigel Andrews
“Loose in shape, but alluring in style and storytelling.”
12/01/2012
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Empire Magazine
David Hughes
“A eye-popping visual treat and a journey into the creative spirit.”
09/01/2012
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Total Film
Kevin Har;ey
“Khoo combines fearless narrative with scenes from Tatsumi’s graphic autobiography, anchoring the howls of alienation of post-war Japanese life and adding a sweetening lyricism that swoons towards a very moving conclusion.”
03/01/2012
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Screen
Fionnuala Halligan
“What comes across most powerfully from Tatsumi’s stories is a sense of abasement and alienation in a destroyed, often post-apocalyptic landscape ... And they’re cinematic, despite being so rooted in the manga aesthetic.”
18/05/2011
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The Evening Standard
The Evening Standard
“If his hard-working life was not all that eventful, Tatsumi's stories were often bleak, and about as far from Disney as you could possibly get.”
13/01/2012
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“The slightly slushy tone of celebration rather obtusely fails to engage with the nihilist, pessimist nature of Tatsumi's work.”
12/01/2012
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
“The first of the five stories, "Hell", is the most striking ... Some are quite tantalising, breaking off just as they start to intrigue, but they are all of a piece in training an amused and jaundiced eye on the human comedy.”
13/01/2012
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The Scotsman
Alistair Harkness
“Deserves some credit for originality.”
12/01/2012
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The Observer
Philip French
“The film artfully combines, though sometimes rather confusingly, scenes from Tatsumi's life story as told in his graphic autobiography.
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15/01/2012
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The Sunday Times
Edward Porter
“The film is a good advert for Tatsumi’s work, but not a significant extension of it.
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15/01/2012
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The Times
Wendy Ide
“The somewhat striking animation notwithstanding, much of Tatsumi is unremittingly bleak. ”
13/01/2012
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