Aya Okamoto, Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki
Three homeless people--Gin, a former professional bicycle racer; Hana, a transvestite; and Miyuki, a runaway young girl--are living together in Shinjuku, Tokyo. On Christmas Eve, the three discover an...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 13, 2004
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Flixster Reviews (768)
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January 19, 2009Saw this movie again and I decided that it deserves a higher rating! The story is a little unconventional for an anime, but that's why I like it so much. It's a perfect combination of humor and drama, and boy is it funny! Hana is definitely my favorite character, it's how he/she ...( read more)
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July 25, 2008Tokyo Godfathers is a good movie, but it's probably the weakest of Satoshi Kon's films. I don't know if I've outgrown anime, because Paprika elicited a similar underwhelmed reaction, or if I just managed to watch all his best work before the bookend stuff. This for sure has its m...( read more)
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October 20, 2007Feel-good story that manages to be fun and interesting to watch. Not the best from Kon, but still worth a check.
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September 22, 2009Excellent, unique, amazing, moving, heartwarming, realistic, funny, sad, wise, heartbreaking, thought-provoking and extraordinary film!
Meet the ultimate dysfunctional family while they encounter an abandoned baby in Christmas Eve, and disagree to either return it or to adopt ...( read more) -
August 14, 2009This film has a variety of emotions, but has a great amount of humour in it. I always laugh out loud with this film! An instant favorite.
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June 13, 2009A cracking film! One of the best anime's I've seen in a while. It's sweet and hilarious in equal measure. The style and the characters are pefect and the comedy and pace of plot keeps your interest. The only thing that lets it down is the end of the final chase - a bit too unreal...( read more)
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May 16, 2009funny and heartouching and the animation is great looking, look at the fake mothers expression in the end its so strong!!
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Critic Reviews
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
February 19, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
It doesn't make sense to praise an anime movie's acting, does it? Yet you can't help but marvel at the expressive pen-and-ink performers. full review
January 15, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Loosely based on 3 Godfathers, John Ford's maudlin 1948 western, this movie, a sweet fable of decency amid the down and out, also has echoes of Chaplin and Capra. full review
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March 4, 2007I love Hana the best she...i mean he is so funny!! "God made a mistake when creating me" "I;m a woman at heart" HAHAH so funny!!
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