Black Jack

-Black Jack-

.

The Movie

1993

Manga by Osamu Tezuka

Directed by Osamu Dezaki

Manga by Osamu Tezuka

Script by Eto Mori

Design by Akio Sugino

Animation Directed by Akio Sugino

Music by Osamu Shoji & Kiyoshi Suzuki

Produced by Tezuka Productions

93 minutes

Black Jack - A scarfaced medical rebel, with apassion for Justice...
He became a favourite Tezuka character for young Japanese women who dreamt of a romance with a mysterious dark haired doctor.
His only real friend is "Pinoko", his surrogate daughter, who is an adult trapped within the body of a small child.

The original Manga was published in "Champian Magazine" from 1973 - 1978.
In 1977 a live-action film version "Stranger in Her Eyes" was released.
Between 1995 & 1996 a further three live-action films were produced.
In 2000 the animated version entitled "Tree of Life" was completed.

*All images are from the collection of Geoffrey Clifton*

ANIMATION UTOPIA