Movie Info

Tokyo Godfathers

Middle-aged alcoholic Gin (Toru Emori), teenage runaway Miyuki (Aya Okamoto) and former drag queen Hana (Yoshiaki Umegaki) are a trio of homeless people surviving as a makeshift family on the streets of Tokyo. While rummaging in the trash for food on Christmas Eve, they stumble upon an abandoned newborn baby in a trash bin. With only a handful of clues to the baby's identity, the three misfits search the streets of Tokyo for help in returning the baby to its parents.

• Genre: Comedy   Drama   Anime  

• Original Language: Japanese

• Director: Satoshi Kon

• Producer: Masao Maruyama

• Release Date (Theaters): Aug 30, 2003 original

• Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2017

• Box Office (Gross USA): $129.0K

• Runtime: 1h 30m

• Distributor: Satoshi Kon

• Production Co: Mad House Company Ltd.

• Sound Mix: Surround

CAST & CREW

Yoshiaki Umegaki

Aya Okamoto

Toru Emori

Satoshi Kon

Shinichi Kobayashi

Taro Maki