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Tôru Emori | ... |
Gin
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Aya Okamoto | ... |
Miyuki
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Yoshiaki Umegaki | ... |
Hana
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Shôzô Îzuka | ... |
Oota
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Seizô Katô | ... |
Mother
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Hiroya Ishimaru | ... |
Yasuo
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Ryûji Saikachi | ... |
Aged Man
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Yûsaku Yara | ... |
Miyuki's Father
(voice)
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Kyôko Terase | ... |
Sachiko
(voice)
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Mamiko Noto | ... |
Kiyoko, Gin's Daughter
(voice)
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Akio Ôtsuka | ... |
Doctor
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Rikiya Koyama | ... |
Bridegroom
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Satomi Kôrogi | ... |
Kiyoko, the Gangster's Daughter
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Mitsuru Ogata | ... |
Hidenari Ugaki
(voice)
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Chiyako Shibahara | ... |
Eriko Kawasaki
(voice)
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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. Written by Jon Reeves <[email protected]>
No spoilers - you just have to see it. Satoshi Kon continues his directorial success with Tokyo Godfathers. Like Perfect Blue and Millennium actress, TG wows the watcher immediately with the attention to detail. The scenes are exquisitely painted - when it is snowing you can almost smell it and feel the stillness. And the characters expressions convey emotions expertly by subtlety or caricature as occasion demands. Leave behind your Hollywood ideas of what a movie or worse, a cartoon should be. And then go see his previous two films as well. Satoshi Kon's films are true works of art.