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Live-Action Film of Tezuka's Barbara Screening at Derby Quad Tonight
posted on by Andrew Osmond
There are still tickets Osamu Tezuka's Barbara manga at the Derby Quad cinema (directions) on Friday June 11 at 7 p.m.
The film was previously described by the Fantasia International Film Festival:
One night, a famous novelist encounters a young, seemingly homeless woman in an over tunnel. He brings her home, which sets him on a path of increasingly bizarre encounters. ASTRO BOY creator and anime maestro.
The film celebrates the late manga creator's 90th birth year in 2018. The film is an international co-production between Rapid Eye Movies (Ruined Heart). Tezuka's son Makoto Tezka directed the film, and the project marked his first time directing a live-action film adaptation of one of his father's works. Christopher Doyle, who is known for his work on Wong Kar-Wai's Hong Kong films, was in charge of cinematography. Post production of the film was handled in , and the main visual and trailer for the film were designed in the U.K.
The film stars Issay.
Tezuka's original manga ran in nominated for an Eisner Award in 2013.
