Tokyo Godfathers

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya (co-director)
Production: Sony Pictures
  8 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
PG-13
Year:
2003
92 min
Website
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We have seen a star in the east.

It told us the Son of God is born.

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Nativity Play, Sermon, Dinner

The Lord Jesus was laid in a manger...

...to bring salvation to the souls of those...

...with no place of their own.

Nothing is harder than to have no place...

...but many are those without one.

Tell me about it!

In their solitude, they long for someone who will say:

"I want you to be here."

Not me, thanks.

Be quiet!

Jesus was born to offer those alone a place in which to be alive!

"Joy to the world, the food has come."

It's "the Lord has come"!

You don't know much, do you, Gin-chan?

Here.

More than some f*ggot.

I am a mistake made by God.

In my heart, I am a woman.

Women can have children.

Oh, my.

What if a miracle like the Virgin Mary getting pregnant...

...was to happen to a homo?

Better give me a little extra.

After all, I'm eating for two.

Serves you right!

Miyuki-chan!

Time to eat!

Miyuki-chan!

Close your legs!

Act like you were a woman.

I am a woman.

And it's a waste to spill food like that.

Don't just gobble your bread.

Eat it with love for the people who made and brought it here.

I hate that Bible-thumping.

You're just like Akiko.

Who's Akiko?

My old lady.

Well!

Don't call your mother like that.

Eat sh*t, you old fart.

"Sh*t" I'll take, but "old fart" I won't!

That hurts! You old...

..."bag lady."

You peep pretty loud for a chick

that can't even find its own worms.

Should a burden on society like you be talking?

You're a burden on us.

What does that make you?

The kettle the pot's calling black!

You mouthy brat!

Can't you at least get along at Christmas?

Oh, yes...

Miyuki-chan, I got you a present.

They're gone!

A whole set of "World Literature for Children."

Why would I need that?!

Hana looked hard for those!

Even a homeless teenage runaway needs a Christmas present!

I choose not to go home.

Six months on the street means you don't have a home.

I can go home any time I want to.

It's the ones who say that who never do.

Speak for yourself, you old geezer!

What are you doing to Dostoevsky?!

I won't take that, today of all days!

Not even my father ever hit me!

So, I'll do it for him!

Grow up, will you?!

Don't hurt yourselves.

Show more respect, kid!

I'm not a kid!

With little tits like these?

You filthy old pervert!

That's harassment!

Will you two stop!

Huh?

It's been...

...abandoned.

There, there, there.

Note:
Care for this child

Oh, man!

What a world!

You're a little girl.

I wonder what your name is.

"John Doe."

She's a girl, I said!

He's so rude!

How old was I when I started living like this?

Thirty-something?

I still thought that I was better off...

...than a child with no home.

There, there, now!

We'll take you somewhere warm.

The cop shop's that way!

This is a Christmas present from God!

She's our baby!

Huh?

Note:
A Tokyo Godfathers Committee Production

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Developed by Masao Maruyama

\h\h\h\h\hOriginal Story by Satoshi Kon

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Screenplay by Keiko Nobumoto and Satoshi Kon

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Character Design Kenichi Konishi and Satoshi Kon

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Animation Director Kenichi Konishi

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Art Director Nobutaka Ike

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hColor Design Satoshi Hashimoto

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Co-Director Shogo Furuya

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDirector of Photography Katsutoshi Sugai

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Music by Keiichi Suzuki

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSound Director Masafumi Mima

Sorry!

What do you mean, take her with us?

I'm just doing God's will.

Her parents might come back.

What parent would leave a child out in this cold?!

That's a devil, not a parent!

Kiyoko wanted us to find her.

"Kiyoko"?

"Kiyoko"? Why "Kiyoko"?!

From "kiyo," "pure," on this purest of nights.

How tacky!

Kiyoko's a fine name!

Did you have a girlfriend named that?

Idiot!

Look, we can't just name her!

She's not a puppy or a kitten!

So, I'm taking her home.

To a cardboard box?

There's no room!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance!

Let me feel like a mother!

A haiku:

"A little baby

powdery snow on its cheeks

on this holy night."

"A little baby

powdery snow on its cheeks

on this holy night."

"A little baby

powdery snow on its cheeks

on this holy night."

Note:
Directed by Satoshi Kon

Peek-a-boo!

Oh, dear! Tell me what's wrong!

Shut up!

Hey!

I know, I know, he's not your mommy.

He's just a homeless homo.

Don't say that in front of her!

A baby crying around here will sound weird!

We're going to take you to the police soon, okay?

You're not going anywhere, are you?

Idiot!

We're taking her to the police!

Don't shout or she'll never shut up!

Why won't you stop crying?

Are you hungry?

There, there!

Maybe she's sick.

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow, I promise I'll take her then.

Christmas should be the happiest day of the year.

If we take her in now, it'll always be the worst day of her life!

Maybe...

...she needs a diaper.

Hana, boil some water.

I'll make some milk.

Hey!

Whose side are you on?!

Miyuki-chan, go buy some water!

My angel isn't drinking from the tap!

Why me?

Where does a bum get off

telling me "Them that works eats"?

Just for tonight, remember.

Tomorrow, we take her to the police.

So, "no man is an island" after all, huh?

You're buying water?!

A Christmas miracle.

What a haul!

Watch where you're going, brat!

You watch where you're going!

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Satoshi Kon

Satoshi Kon (今 敏, Kon Satoshi, October 12, 1963 – August 24, 2010) was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He was the younger brother of guitarist and studio musician Tsuyoshi Kon. more…

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