Tokyo Godfathers
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- Synopsis
- Three homeless companions -- a runaway girl, a transvestite, and an alcoholic -- find an abandoned newborn on Christmas Eve while foraging through trash....
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- Starring
- Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto
- Director(s)
- Satoshi Kon
- Distributor(s)
- Samuel Goldwyn
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 92 min.
Critic Reviews
As with the greatest animated films, the triumph of Kon's work lies not just in its beauty and singularly sophisticated storytelling but in how that beauty and storytelling combine to give the films a sting so human you can forget you're watching a cartoon.Read the full review
Part of the spell cast by this magical film is its ability to make an unvarnished political statement about economic reality and social alienation while, at the same time, seducing its audience into believing in the transformative power of love and the almost supernatural beauty of the everyday.Read the full review
For all its echoes of Frank Capra and Charlie Chaplin (as well as Ford), the movie is also a love letter to modern Tokyo, whose alleyways and skyscrapers are drafted with flawless precision and tinted with tenderness and warmth.Read the full review
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