Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

On Christmas Eve three homeless people living on the streets on Tokyo find a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find the parents.

Directors:

Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya

Writers:

Satoshi Kon (screenplay), Satoshi Kon (story),

Stars:

Tôru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki

5 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tôru Emori	...	Gin (voice)
Aya Okamoto	...	Miyuki (voice)
Yoshiaki Umegaki	...	Hana (voice)
Shôzô Iizuka	...	Oota (voice)
Seizô Katô	...	Mother (voice)
Hiroya Ishimaru	...	Yasuo (voice)
Ryûji Saikachi	...	Aged Man (voice)
Yûsaku Yara	...	Miyuki's Father (voice)
Kyôko Terase	...	Sachiko (voice)
Mamiko Noto	...	Kiyoko, Gin's Daughter (voice)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Doctor (voice)
Rikiya Koyama	...	Bridegroom (voice)
Satomi Koorogi	...	Kiyoko, the Gangster's Daughter (voice)
Mitsuru Ogata	...	Hidenari Ugaki (voice)
Chiyako Shibahara	...	Eriko Kawasaki (voice)

Storyline

Christmas in Tokyo, Japan. Three homeless friends: a young girl, a transvestite, and a middle-aged bum. While foraging through some trash, they find an abandoned newborn. Hana, the transvestite with delusions of being a mother, convinces the others to keep it overnight. The next day, using a key found with the baby, they start tracking down the parents, with many adventures along the way.

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Plot Keywords:

transvestite | christmas | tokyo japan | baby | flashback | 

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Taglines:

Meet the ultimate dysfunctional family.

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Genres:

Adventure | Animation | Drama | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, violent images, language and some sexual material

Details

Official Sites:

Mad House Ltd. / Sony Pictures Online [Japan] Sony [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese Spanish English

Release Date:

8 November 2003 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Héroes al rescate

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$37,127 (USA) (16 January 2004)

Gross:

$128,985 (USA) (2 April 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mad House, Tokyo Godfathers Production Committee

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On the Tokyo Godfathers DVD there is a bonus "making of" featurette. ANN founder, Justin Sevakis can be spotted at the beginning of the featurette which shows the American premiere of Tokyo Godfathers at BAAF (Big Apple Anime Fest).

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Quotes

Gin: The cop shop's that way!

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits appear on billboards, store signs, truck lettering, etc.

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Connections

References Perfect Blue (1997)

User Reviews

A visually stunning third film, worthy of the director

No spoilers - you just have to see it. Satoshi Kon continues his directorial success with Tokyo Godfathers. Like Perfect Blue and Millennium actress, TG wows the watcher immediately with the attention to detail. The scenes are exquisitely painted - when it is snowing you can almost smell it and feel the stillness. And the characters expressions convey emotions expertly by subtlety or caricature as occasion demands. Leave behind your Hollywood ideas of what a movie or worse, a cartoon should be. And then go see his previous two films as well. Satoshi Kon's films are true works of art.