Tokyo Godfathers |  | Directors: Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya
Actors: Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka, Seizô Katô
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  64 reviews
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD02814D
ISBN: 1404946918
UPC: 043396028142
EAN: 9781404946910
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: April 13, 2004
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Product Description
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/25/2007 Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com
Satoshi Kon's third feature (following Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress) confirms his status as one of the most interesting directors working in anime. Tokyo Godfathers centers on three homeless people: Hana, a flamboyant ex-drag entertainer; Gin, an alcoholic former bicycle racer; and Miyuki, a sullen teenage runaway. Their tenuous existence becomes more chaotic when they set out to find the parents of an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve. They scream insults as they confront the lies they've told each other--and themselves--about the past. Yet they remain curiously endearing and even noble. All three care passionately about the abandoned infant, and they love each other, although they're loath to admit it. Kon skillfully uses color to suggest the bitter winter cold and the characters' alienation. Tokyo Godfathers shows that battling the inner demons that led these three characters to skid row can be a more daunting challenge than fighting aliens and cyborgs. (Rated PG-13: profanity, violence, tobacco and alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
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 Grandest Story Ever Told March 6, 2010
Gulf War Vet (Denver, CO)
The serious side of anime never ceases to amaze. From the director of "Perfect Blue" comes a Christmas story which is full of personal introspection, twists and turns. The character development is excellent. Gin's tragic trail of alcholism, the young girls adolescent frustration with her home life that has driven her to the streets, and the dreams and the hopes of a transvestite who wants from the world what her body cannot give. These persons come to peace with this personal strife by trying to find the parents of a baby they found while rummaging in the trash.
It's a triumph.
Tokyo Godfathers February 8, 2010
Bernard C. Sabatini
Great movie with exceptional animation. There is no English dub, but subtitles are available.
Not Your Average Christmas Story January 9, 2010
Deborah L. Warner (Los Angeles, CA)
This is a brilliant take on 'Three Godfathers.' It is twisted and touching and a great introduction to Japanese animated film.
Awesome DVD December 15, 2009
Natasha Castillo (HOUSTON, TX)
If you love Japanese anime, you'll love this movie. It's funny, sad, and very entertaining!
Beyond Beautiful September 23, 2009
Ana Mardoll (United States)
Tokyo Godfathers / B0001EFTVA
*Spoilers*
When a trio of hopeless homeless 'bums' find an infant child thrown out in the trash on Christmas Eve, they are shocked and eventually angered that anyone would so callously dispose of a child. They decide to take the time, effort, and precious resources to scour the cold and unfeeling city for the mother of the lost infant, so that she can explain how she could throw out her baby. What they don't expect is the journey of pain, discovery, and healing that their journey brings them.
I generally tend to dislike 'journey' movies, because my heart strings can be tugged way too easily, and I leave the movie feeling drained and exhausted. However, I truly loved every second of "Tokyo Godfathers". Beneath all the pain, sorrow, and emotional heartbreak, there is genuine humor and an indomitable human spirit. It is fascinating to see how each of the three homeless have given up all hope in their *own* selves and lives, and yet they can't accept to see their companions give up their own hopes and dreams. This unlikely trio, composed of a young girl, an older man, and a homosexual transsexual, love each other dearly but aren't above heated arguments and disputes.
I would say it is possible that this movie is the most lovingly sensitive movie ever, towards all of its characters. Each character in this movie - and not just the 'main' ones - are fleshed out as real, three-dimensional characters. The homosexual transsexual 'Hana' is feisty and a common source of comic relief, but Hana's humanity is never sacrificed in service to humor. Gin could easily be portrayed in an unflattering light, based on his secret past, and yet he is always treated with quiet dignity. And young Miyuki is realistically portrayed as a confused and frightened young teenager, encased in a tough shell for protection from her own fears. The treatment of the homeless is always lovingly gentle - there is no false suggestion that these three are just 'too lazy' to find work, indeed it is probably more "work" being homeless than not! Instead, they are realistically shown as homeless because their spirit is broken and they no longer have any faith in themselves. It is telling that it takes a truly helpless child for them to find the strength to reenter the world that has hurt them and seek to heal their own hurts.
Seriously, after a single viewing, I am ready to label "Tokyo Godfathers" as one of the best movies ever - the combination of sensitivity, humor, spirit, and real character development is a work of art and a thing of beauty. Never sappy, "Tokyo Godfathers" pulls no punches and doesn't over-dramatize to force our heart-strings - it just tells the tale of a dysfunctional "family" setting out to right a wrong they can't bear to accept.
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