Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

• Year: 2003
• Released: 08 Nov 2003
• Country: Japan
• Adwords: 8 wins & 2 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388473/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tokyo_godfathers
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tokyo-godfathers
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Japanese, Spanish, English
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
• Runtime: 92 min
• Writer: Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto
• Director: Satoshi Kon
• Cast: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto
• Keywords: christmas, holiday, anime, alcoholic, baby,

	7.8/10
	73/100
	91% – Critics
	91% – Audience

Tokyo Godfathers 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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XMas

This is a Christmas story told from a different perspective, that is strangely familiar. The story revolves around 3 homeless people (a middle aged man name Gin, a homosexual cross-dresser name Hana, and a teenage girl named Miyuki) who discover a newborn baby in the garbage. The events follow the three as they decided what to do with the baby, trying to find the parents, dealing with their own pasts,etc (Christmas seems to be an introspective time – along with all holidays). After the first 30 minutes of the movie, everything becomes strangely predictable yet still moving and meaningful. The movie is laced with “coincidences” and tons of Christmas references. It touches on numerous subjects including family, guilt, redemption,etc. Satoshi Kon delivers another beautiful looking movie with a humanistic storyline. And in true Satoshi Kon fashion adds a touch of the bizarre to shake up the traditional story. This movie will be added to my Christmas holiday viewing list, which gets me into the XMAS spirit.

-Celluloid Rehab

A beautiful film and the most accessible one from Satoshi Kon

For me, Satoshi Kon’s best film is Paprika. That said, all of his films are ones to be highly recommended, they Paprika especially can have a tendency to be challenging, which can delight or alienate viewers, but they are gorgeously animated, compelling and I think very unique. Tokyo Godfathers is not quite as good as Paprika but it is a truly beautiful film and of Kon’s work I’d go as far to say that it also is his most accessible. The animation is beautiful and detailed if in a different way to the more surrealistic styles of Perfect Blue and Paprika, here very intricate with very expressive character design, and very fitting with the film’s tone. The music is memorable and beautifully composed, complimenting the story perfectly. The dialogue is thoughtful with some humorous touches, matching the nature of the story that is full of charm and pathos- bringing some optimism and hope into a cold world and society- without ever feeling mawkish or dull. The story is slow-folding but in a deliberate sense. The characters are full of emotions and we identify with them no matter the flaws, in short they are very true to life, none of the idealistic stereotypes I’ve seen all too often. Hanna is the one that stood out to me the most. The voice acting is as dynamic as you’d expect, more so in the Japanese dub rather than the English. All in all, beautiful and highly recommended. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Japanese anime with 3 dimensional characters

This is a beautifully drawn Japanese anime. On Christmas Eve, three homeless vagrants finds a baby. Then a night of adventure begins. There are Japanese mobsters, lots of family drama, lot of interconnected coincidences.

If there was one big problem for me, there are way too many coincidental run-ins that it gets too mind-numbing after awhile. As for the characters, we have three distinct and well drawn characters. They are all damaged in their own way, and we see how their friendships help save each other. This one is a definite recommend not just for the beautiful animation.