Tokyo Godfathers PG-13

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DVD Details

  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 31 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 13, 2004
  • Originally Released: 2003
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 13,839
Mr. Kon's cool, comic-book style defuses the sentimental excess. Instead, the characters, with their frozen, emphatic expressions and exaggerated voices, take on an appealing eccentricity.
New York Times
Jan 16, 2004
Rating: B+ -- One of the most moving, enjoyable and wholly unconventional Christmas stories to come along in a long time. Full Review
Dallas Morning News
Mar 25, 2004
TOKYO GODFATHERS artfully appreciates the beauty and humanity in junked lives and landscapes.
Entertainment Weekly
Jan 23, 2004
Rating: 3/4 -- Demonstrates an idiosyncratic human touch. Kon is unafraid of the unseemly and unsightly. Full Review
Boston Globe
Feb 27, 2004
Takes anime to a whole new level. Full Review
Variety
Sep 7, 2008
In one sense the plot involves returning stolen goods to a thief, but Tokyo Godfathers is really about longing -- for family, for children, for parents and for the lost past.
Wall Street Journal
Dec 9, 2013
Rating: 9/10 -- With peerless animation, plenty of laughs and just as much heart, Tokyo Godfathers is an absolute joy. It should appear high on your list of alternative Christmas movies. Full Review
Starburst
Nov 9, 2017

Product Description:

Thoroughly modern in its story, its characters, its urban Tokyo setting, its absurdly funny action sequences, and its understated and ironic self-mockery, TOKYO GODFATHERS is an anime gem from director Satoshi Kon (MILLENNIUM ACTRESS). It is a snowy Christmas in Tokyo and three homeless people--Hana, Gin, and Miyuki--who drift through the streets and alleyways of the city staying warm in the supermarkets and soup kitchens, make up a nontraditional family. Gin is a older man who once had a wife and daughter but lost them and spiraled downward into drinking and drifting. Hana is a flamboyant cross-dressing homosexual who dreams of having a baby. And Miyuki is just a kid--a young girl who ran away from home after a conflict with her father and is still battling familial demons. When the three motley but loving bums find a baby girl abandoned in the garbage on Christmas Eve, they know they've received a true gift. But in their attempts to return the baby to its real mother they go on a wild goose chase all over Tokyo solving mysteries, pursuing criminals, and all the while tackling their own personal problems. According to director Kon, the plot is based on the 1948 Western 3 GODFATHERS directed by John Ford. This immensely entertaining film features a jazzy score of electronic music, excellent illustrations, and superb character development.

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  • UPC: 043396028142
  • Shipping Weight: 0.26/lbs (approx)
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