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Tokyo Godfathers

2003 · 92 min

A warm, chaotic Christmas ride that balances slapstick and sentiment, leaving you moved by its messy, compassionate characters.

Tagline
Meet the ultimate dysfunctional family.
Overview
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • redemption
  • grief
  • isolation
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, drama, comedy
Directed by
Satoshi Kon
Written by
Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto
Starring
Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Tohru Emori, Satomi Korogi, Mamiko Noto, Ryuji Saikachi, Kyoko Terase, Rikiya Koyama
Music
Keiichi Suzuki
Cinematography
Katsutoshi Sugai
Runtime
92 min
Country
Japan
Languages
English, Japanese, Spanish

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