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| ACTORS: | Toru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 2003 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia Tristar Hom |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396028142 |
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Customer Reviews of Tokyo Godfathers
Christmas--one damn miracle after another! This second feature by Satoshi Kon, like "Ice Age", spins off of John Ford's 1948 western "Three Godfathers" as a Christmas allegory of three grown men trying to deal with an orphaned baby. This time, we have a runaway teenaged girl, an alcoholic ex-athlete and a middle-aged drag queen who form a kind of family in the underworld of Tokyo's homeless. The discovery of a baby in a trash dump takes them all over town for the week between Christmas and New Years (thus starting on a Christmas holy day and ending on a Shinto/Buddhist holiday), with the coincidences and miracles becoming more and more improbable yet ultimately satisfying.
This hasn't been dubbed into English, which is just as well, because the original voices are perfect, from the hysterics of the runaway to the completely unfeminine voice of the drag queen (if it HAS to be dubbed in future, better that Harvey Fierstein takes the role of Hana). And while this movie and the anime series "Witch Hunter Robin" give intriguing glimpses into post-Bubble homelessness in Japan, and a feature on the subject would have been a welcome extra, I can see why the DVD producers didn't dwell on it. Still, a great movie from a great director.
A very nice surprise
I rented this movie out of ceriosity. Hey, the animation looked good, but I've been disappointed by recent anime flicks I almost passed it by. This isn't a typical rehased story or vaporware plot. The characters are solid, flawed individuals, the story is comic, brutal, exciting and overall very heart warming. Highly recomended if you like quirky fun films.
The soundtrack is nice too. Not the best 5.1 surround, but it's there when it matters. The music is quirky and IMHO suites this film perfectly. Sorry, no english dub on this one. But an average dub job would ruin this great character film anyway.
Oh, and the preview for Otomo's "Steamboy" was a nice little bonus, too.
Wow this movie has a mix of everything!
This is what a masterpiece is al bout. Action, drama, comedy, and adventure. The 4 main elements of a movie and wow is it done well!!!!
The characters are the most realistic in any anime I have seen. I love how when the youngest is worried bout the other 2 bumbs and when she is relieved they are ok she saysuncle bag or geezer. But my personal favorite is the trans. I recommend this movie to every1. Also by the way this movie takes place on Christmas. So watch it wit the family on Christmas eve or somethin. It is everything!