The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka

Name: The Man Who Went Beyond Manga: Fujio Akatsuka
Director: Masanori Tominaga
Genre: Documentary, Animation
Released: 2016-09-30
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 10
Cast: Rieko Akatsuka, FROGMAN, Fujio Akatsuka, Ichiko Aoba, Tamori

Original title: マンガをはみだした男　赤塚不二夫

“"I don't mind dying as long as you laugh!"”

10.0(1)20161h 36mJA

Cast

Rieko Akatsuka

Self

FROGMAN

Self

Fujio Akatsuka

Self (archive footage)

Ichiko Aoba

Narrator

Tamori

Self

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