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Tokyo Godfathers

Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Drama, Comedy, Animated, Adventure | Japan

Director: Satoshi Kon

EuroNews | Saturday 2 May 2009 | 08:15

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Rating: 7.8/10

User rating: 9/10
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SYNOPSIS

Christmas in Tokyo, Japan. Three homeless friends: a young girl, a transvestite, and a middle-aged bum. While foraging through some trash, they find an abandoned newborn. Hana, the transvestite with delusions of being a mother, convinces the others to keep it overnight. The next day, using a key found with the baby, they start tracking down the parents, with many adventures along the way.

Actors

Inuko Inuyama

Kurumizawa

Voice: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka, Seizô Katô, Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryûji Saikachi, Yûsaku Yara

Writer: Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto

Producer: Tarô Maki, Masao Maruyama

RUNTIME: 92 min

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