Tatsumi (film)
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| Directed by | Eric Khoo |
| Screenplay by | Eric Khoo |
| Based on | A Drifting Life and other works by Yoshihiro Tatsumi |
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Production company | Zhao Wei Films |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | $800,000 |
| Box office | US$9,880 |
Tatsumi is a 2011 Japanese-language Singaporean animated drama film directed by Eric Khoo. It is based on the manga memoir A Drifting Life and five earlier short stories by the Japanese manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. The film is a Singaporean production with Japanese dialogue, and was animated in Indonesia.
The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2011. It later made its box office debut in the Singapore box office on 15 September 2011. The film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.