In 2008, Singaporean director Eric Khoo captured Cannes with magic and family bonds (the fifth "Tales of the Magic Shop"). After a three-year hiatus, he challenges the Japanese animation kingdom, bringing manga master Yoshihiro Tatsumi's autobiographical comic "A Drifting Life" and short stories to the big screen. The anime retains the authentic essence of Gekiga, with its realistic color and monochrome art styles sharply contrasting the lives of society's lower-class underdogs and office workers. Coupled with Tatsumi's own voice acting, it lays bare the bizarre, dark facets of human nature. If life is like a drama or a manga, when Tatsumi meets Singapore's Eric Khoo, this crossover may offer comic fans a uniquely different Gekiga drifting experience. For the Japanese, "TATSUMI" gaining attention at Cannes holds deeper significance in the wake of the 3/11 earthquake disaster...