The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka

The late Fujio Akatsuka is revered by many Japanese artists and scholars for his developments to early comedy manga, but his contributions aren't just limited to the world of print media. Featuring commentary from family, friends, colleagues, and celebrity fans, Fujio Akatsuka's story is told with archival footage and animation, showcasing the life of the man who went beyond manga.

Director(s)

FROGMAN

Shinichi Suzuki

Keiichi Tanaami

Youichi Fujita

Kōji Wakamatsu

Masanori Tominaga

Cast & Crew

Rieko Akatsuka

Self

FROGMAN

Self

Fujio Akatsuka

Self (archive footage)

Ichiko Aoba

Narrator

Tamori

Self

Kozue Aoki

Self

Masao Adachi

Self

Fujiko F. Fujio

Self (archive footage)

Nobuyoshi Araki

Self

Atuy

Self

Shuei Iida

Self

Takao Igarashi

Self

Shotaro Ishinomori

Self (archive footage)

Shinichi Isogai

Self

Sumako Umehara

Self

Jin Ungo

Self

Tomoko Emori

Self (archive footage)

Kenichi Kitami

Self

Toru Hyozen

Self

Kaneaki Kobayashi

Self

Toshiaki Kobayashi

Self

Akira Saito

Self

Akira Sakata

Self

Teru Sato

Self

Ushio Shinohara

Self

Kayako Shindo

Self

Shinichi Suzuki

Self

Yoshio Sekizawa

Self

Shunji Sonoyama

Self (archive footage)

Shin Sobue

Self

Tetsuo Takahara

Self

Daisaku Taki

Self

Toshiki Takei

Self

Keiichi Tanaami

Self

Hajime Tabe

Self

Setsuko Tamura

Self

Tetsuya Chiba

Self

Yoshiko Tsuchida

Self

Junzo Tsutsui

Self

Jirō Tsunoda

Self

Hiroo Terada

Self (archive footage)

Kunio Nagatani

Self (archive footage)

Fujiko A. Fujio

Self

Youichi Fujita

Self

Mitsutoshi Furuya

Self

Akira Maruyama

Self

Hideko Mizuno

Self

Kenji Morita

Self

George Yamauchi

Self

Tokuo Yokota

Self

Takao Yokoyama

Self

Takayoshi Minematsu

Self

Kōji Wakamatsu

Self (archive footage)

Masanori Tominaga

Details

GenresDocumentary, Animation

Runtime1h 36 mins

Released on30 Sep 2016

Languageja

Produced InJapan

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