Tokyo Godfathers

Name: Tokyo Godfathers
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Animation
Released: January 16, 2004
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Aya Okamoto, Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki

2004

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TOKYO GODFATHERS

Movie Details & Credits

Columbia TriStar | Release Date: January 16, 2004

Starring: Aya Okamoto, Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki

Summary: Christmas. Snow is turning Tokyo into a white city. Somewhere in Shinjuku, there are three energetic homeless people: Gin (an alcoholic), Hana (an ex-drag queen) and Miyuki (a runaway girl). The holy night is about to witness a memorable encounter as they discover an abandoned baby girl in a pile of garbage bags. (Sony)

Director: Satoshi Kon and Shôgo Furuya

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Animation

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 92 min

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Portland Oregonian - Shawn Levy

This is a first-class film that will appeal to anyone who wants to see a plausible, witty, absorbing human story told well -- indeed, told gorgeously. Read full review

Chicago Tribune - Michael Wilmington

A spellbinding piece of Japanese anime from one of the form's new masters, director-writer Satoshi Kon. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

A singularly strange and affecting comedy.

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

An animated film both harrowing and heartwarming, about a story that will never, ever, be remade by Disney. Read full review

New York Post - V.A. Musetto

Ends in magnificent fashion, with skyscrapers bowing to Beethoven's Ninth. It's a stirring ending to a sweet movie. Read full review

Village Voice - J. Hoberman

A welcome exercise in anime weirdness. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Maitland McDonagh

Features phenomenally beautiful background animation and complex characterizations, and offers glimpses of a poverty-stricken Tokyo underclass that's rarely featured -- let alone portrayed sympathetically -- in mainstream Japanese films. Read full review

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Woojnwot

Dec 22, 2014

Being a story of love, human kindness, and friendship; Tokyo Godfathers seamlessly integrates its themes within a loving, emotional, and spirited Christmas tale.

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JeffT.

Jun 3, 2006

Half these critics don't know squat. One of the best movies in recent years that's not just extremely entertaining... it also stays with you. You owe it to yourself to watch it.

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ryohji

Dec 31, 2014

"Tokyo godfathers" tells you a better story about family, love, people and life in 1h 32 than all of the movie on these subject made by DreamWorks Animation, 20th century Fox and Universal put together, for a 100th of what one of their movie costs.
It's simple, the first time I saw that"Tokyo godfathers" tells you a better story about family, love, people and life in 1h 32 than all of the movie on these subject made by DreamWorks Animation, 20th century Fox and Universal put together, for a 100th of what one of their movie costs.
It's simple, the first time I saw that film, I left the theater and felt much lighter than I was when I stepped in.… Expand

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