Tokyo Godfathers

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Title

Tokyo Godfathers [videorecording] / Mad House Ltd. ; producer, Masao Maruyama ; screenplay, Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto ; directors, Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon.

ISBN

1404946918

Published

Culver City, Calif. : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Special features: animax making of featurette; theatrical trailer; bonus trailers.

Director of photography, Katsutoshi Sugai ; animation director, Ken'īchi Konishi ; art director, Nobutaka Ike ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Keiichi Suzuki ; character designer, Satoshi Kon, Ken'īchi Konishi.

Japanese dialogue, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Summary

The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki are homeless friends who have formed a makeshift family structure bond. That bond is tested when they find an abandoned baby while searching for food in a trash dumpster. They try to care for the infant themselves, and travel throughout the city in search of the baby's parents.

Format

Images / Video & Film

Language

Japanese

Added to Catalog

March 31, 2005

Credits

Performers

Voices: Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka, Seizô Katô, Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryûji Saikachi, Yûsaku Yara, Kyôko Terase.

System details note

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Audience