Jirô Taniguchi

A Distant Neighborhood (2010)

Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes up forty years earlier in the body of his teenage self. Thrown back into his past, Thomas will not only have to re-live his first love, but also try to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Garbarski
CAST:  Pascal Greggory  •  Léo Legrand  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Jonathan Zaccaï

Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes up forty years earlier in the body of his teenage self. Thrown back into his past, Thomas will not only have to re-live his first love, but also try to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Garbarski
CAST:  Pascal Greggory  •  Léo Legrand  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Jonathan Zaccaï

Manga World (2005)

Filmed in Japan, this program looks beyond the stereotypes to objectively examine the history of manga, how manga are drawn, and manga's influence on Japanese life as illustrated by cosplay bars, where people dress up as their favorite characters; manga kissa, 24/7 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hervé Martin-Delpierre
CAST:  Takehiko Inoue  •  Kan Takahama  •  Jirô Taniguchi  •  Osamu Tezuka

Filmed in Japan, this program looks beyond the stereotypes to objectively examine the history of manga, how manga are drawn, and manga's influence on Japanese life as illustrated by cosplay bars, where people dress up as their favorite characters; manga kissa, 24/7 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hervé Martin-Delpierre
CAST:  Takehiko Inoue  •  Kan Takahama  •  Jirô Taniguchi  •  Osamu Tezuka