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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   4,551 votes
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Directors:
Satoshi Kon
Shôgo Furuya (co-director)
Writers:
Satoshi Kon (screenplay)
Satoshi Kon (story)
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Release Date:
8 November 2003 (Japan) more
Tagline:
Meet the ultimate dysfunctional family.
Plot:
Christmas in Tokyo, Japan. Three homeless friends: a young girl, a transvestite, and a middle-aged bum... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Interview: Satoshi Kon
 (From ioncinema. 24 May 2007)

Paprika: One Sheet & Trailers
 (From ioncinema. 12 March 2007)

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Thwarted families, homelessness in Tokyo and strange twists of fate... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Toru Emori ... Gin (voice)
Aya Okamoto ... Miyuki (voice)
Yoshiaki Umegaki ... Hana (voice)
Shôzô Îzuka ... 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)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, violent images, language and some sexual material.
Runtime:
USA:92 min | Argentina:93 min | UK:88 min
Country:
Japan
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Mad House more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film is full of "12-25" (Christmas) references, including: The number on the key; the cab fare; the address in the newspaper ad; the cab license plate. more
Quotes:
Hana: If you like the police so much, get THEM to adopt you! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Paprika (2006) more

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Thwarted families, homelessness in Tokyo and strange twists of fate..., 1 May 2004
Author: culturedogs from United States

Director Satoshi Kon has concocted a little wonder of an animated film, a character based ensemble action comedy about thwarted families, homelessness in Tokyo and strange twists of fate. A loose knit trio of homeless companions (an alcoholic ex-bike rider, a teenage fugitive runaway and a castoff drag queen) find a baby on top of a trash heap at Christmas, and find themselves caring for the child while hunting down her parents. Warm, funny and as action-packed as many an anime (with hilarious action set pieces), this one's a charmer. Sure, it's always possible to do these kind of things in live action (more or less) but thank God we have a filmmaker of Kon's vision applying his ample animation skills to stories like this. It ain't all cardfighters, bounty hunters and grim vampire killers. Sometimes, it's people, too. (not that there are anything wrong with cardfighters, bounty hunters and grim vampire killers... well, o.k., maybe cardfighters)

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