Rent Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
3.9 of 5 from 117 ratings
1h 28min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In Tokyo, three homeless people's lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl in a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents. Along the way, encounters with seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future together.
- Directors:
- Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya
- Producers:
- Shinichi Kobayashi, Tarô Maki, Masao Maruyama, Stephanie Sheh, Michael Sinterniklaas, Masao Takiyama, David Jesteadt
- Voiced By:
- Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka, Seizô Katô, Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryûji Saikachi, Yûsaku Yara, Kyôko Terase, Mamiko Noto, Akio Ôtsuka, Rikiya Koyama, Satomi Kôrogi, Mitsuru Ogata, Chiyako Shibahara, Kazuaki Ito, Atsuko Yuya, Jin Horikawa, Masao Harada, Yoshinori Sonobe
- Writers:
- Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto
- Aka:
- Tôkyô goddofâzâzu
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation
- Collections:
- 12 Films of Christmas Past, A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Drama Films & TV, Holidays Film Collection, The Ultimate Christmas Films Collection
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/10/2018
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Animax Making Of
- The Unexpected Tours
- The Process of Animation and Art Gallery
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Reviews (2) of Tokyo Godfathers
Neon Nativity, No Halo - Tokyo Godfathers review by griggs
Some Christmas films are all snow-globe vibes. This one starts on a cold bench under neon, with three people most of Tokyo has learned to step around. On Christmas Eve, Gin, Hana and Miyuki find an abandoned baby and decide to reunite her with her parents. It’s a found-family story in motion — care improvised from very little.
The queer/trans element matters too, mainly through Hana. She’s big-hearted, sharp-tongued, and the emotional engine of the film. Kon treats her with warmth and dignity, even if a few lines and reactions around her land awkwardly now. The laughs aren’t cosy; they’re what you do when you’re scared.
Plot-wise, it’s a web of coincidences. If that winds you up, fair. If you go with it, it turns oddly moving. The animation is gorgeous but grounded, with just enough magical-realist weirdness to justify the medium. Not perfect — but it earns its miracle.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Beware! - Tokyo Godfathers review by CC
I got this to watch with someone who can't read - and it has no English dubbing, only subtitles! Cinema Paradiso should give us tis information.
0 out of 3 members found this review helpful.