Fatherfucker

work by Uchida Shungicu

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The term "Fatherfucker" is the title of a work by Japanese artist Uchida Shungicu. This autobiographical novel, published in 1993, is described as titillating yet disturbing and sold 300,000 copies. It was later adapted into a film titled The Girl of Silence. Uchida Shungicu is known for her manga, which often uses subversive themes and flouts social propriety. Her personal life, including a difficult childhood with an absent father and a mother who did not intervene when Shungicu was forced to sleep with her stepfather, has influenced her work.1

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The first, Fatherfucker, is a titillating yet disturbing autobiographical novel that sold 300,000 copies after its appearance in late 1993. By July 1994 it had gone into 18 printings, and the following year it was made into a film, released under the title The Girl of Silence.…
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The first, Fatherfucker, is a titillating yet disturbing autobiographical novel that sold 300,000 copies after its appearance in late 1993. By July 1994 it had gone into 18 printings, and the following year it was made into a film, released under the title The Girl of Silence.…
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