encyclopedia
forum
username password login remember me | register
menu_news
menu_views
menu_encyclopedia
menu_video
menu_forum
menu_myann

Tokyo Godfathers (movie)

Have you seen this? want to / seen some / seen all

©2003 Satoshi Kon_Mad House/Tokyo Godfathers Committee.


Alternative title:
Los Padrinos de Tokio (Spanish)
Os Padrinhos de Tóquio (Portuguese)
Rodzice chrzestni z Tokio (Polish)
Tokiói keresztapák
Однажды в Токио (Russian)
東京ゴッドファーザーズ (Japanese)
東京教父 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: On a Christmas Eve, three Tokyo homeless -- mid-aged alcoholic man Gin, high school runaway girl Miyuki, and former drag queen Hana -- were searching dumpsters and trash bags for possible Christmas gifts for themselves, when cries from a baby drew their attention. Believing this was a gift from God, Hana, who couldn't have a baby of "her" own, vowed to take care of the abandoned baby girl and together they began searching for baby's mother.
Video:
User Ratings: 1426 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 269 votes (sub:212, dub:31, ?:4, Ger.dub:4, Por.sub:3, Fre.sub:3, raw:2, Spa.dub:2, Spa.sub:2, Ita.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 508 votes (sub:419, dub:55, ?:7, Spa.sub:5, raw:4, Ger.dub:4, Ita.dub:4, Spa.dub:3, Fre.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Dan.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Very good: 371 votes (sub:304, dub:32, Ita.dub:6, ?:6, Spa.sub:5, Por.sub:4, Fre.sub:4, Spa.dub:2, Swe.sub:1, edit.dub:1, Ger.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Dut.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, Dan.sub:1)
 Good: 167 votes (sub:134, dub:19, Spa.sub:3, Rus.sub:2, raw:2, Spa.dub:2, Ger.dub:1, Dut.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, ?:1, Ita.dub:1)
 Decent: 56 votes (sub:39, dub:12, raw:2, Fre.dub:1, ?:1, Dut.sub:1)
 So-so: 22 votes (sub:17, dub:4, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:7, Ger.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 11 votes (sub:10, Spa.sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2035 users, rank: #300
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.345 (Very good+.34), std. dev.: 1.5428, rank: #240
Weighted mean: 8.353 (Very good+.35), rank: #199 (seen all: 8.37 / seen some: 8.13 / won't finish: 3.32)
Bayesian estimate: 8.347 (Very good+.34), rank: #94
Running time: 92 minutes
Vintage: 2003
Premiere date:
2003-08-30 (New York - Big Apple Anime Fest)
2003-10-02 (San Diego Asian Film Festival)
2003-11-08 (Japan)
2003-12-05 (Los Angeles, California)
2004-01-16 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2004-01-16 (USA [limited release])
2004-08-13 (Taiwan)
2008-06-02 (Latin America - Animax (Reciclo))
Releases: We have 4
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 4
You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register

Reviews:
    Tokyo Godfathers

DVD
    Tokyo Godfathers (Sub.DVD) 2004-04-13 (from $14.94)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Satoshi Kon
Original story: Satoshi Kon
Art Director: Nobutaka Ike
Animation Director: Kenichi Konishi
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Co-Director: Shougo Furuya
Director of Photography: Katsutoshi Sugai
Producer: Masao Maruyama

Chief animator: Kenichi Konishi
Co-Producer: Satoki Toyada
Color design: Kazunori Hashimoto
 
Aya Okamoto as Miyuki
Toru Emori as Gin

Kouichi Yamadera as Taxi Driver
Kyouko Terase as Sachiko
Mamiko Noto as Gin's Daughter Kiyoko
Satomi Koorogi as Baby "Kiyoko"
Seizo Katou as Okaa-san
Yuusaku Yara as Miyuki's Father

Akio Ohtsuka as Doctor
Atsuko Yuya as Nobuyuki Furuta
Chiyako Shibahara as Eriko Kawasaki
Inuko Inuyama as Kurumizawa
Jin Horikawa as Toshitaka Shimizu
Kanako Yahara as Yamanouchi
Kazuaki Ito as Akiko Takeguchi
Luis Sartor as Latin American Assassin
Masao Harada as Youto Kazama
Mitsuru Ogata as Hidenari Ugaki
Mitsuru Sugita as Rin Sakurazawa
Myrta Dangelo as Latin American Woman
Rie Shibata as Cat Lady
Rikiya Koyama as Bridegroom
Ryo Takahashi as Hikaru Koga
Ryuuji Saikachi as Old Man
Shozo Iizuka as Ohta
Syuho Miki as Ayaki Nishimura
Yoshinori Sonobe as Tsuguo Mogami
Japanese companies 
Production: Madhouse Studios
English staff 
English companies 
(none)
 
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Starz
English cast 
Russell Wait as Hana
French staff 
French cast 
Directrice de Plateau: Guylaine Gibert
 
Guylaine Gibert as Miyuki

David Manet as Mario
Maia Baran as Kiyoko
Robert Dubois as Mafieu

French companies 
Broadcaster: Virgin 17
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers (BELGIUM)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 
Laura Ayala as Miyuki

Carlos del Campo as
Madre
Taxista
Cesar Arias as Anciano
Jorge Roig as Narración
Juan Alfonso Carralero as
Ebrio
Mitsuo
Laura Torres as Esposa de Mario
Magda Giner as Sra Sakurasawa
Maria Fernanda Morales as Kiyoko (enfermera)
Monica Manjarrez as Sachiko
Mónica Villaseñor as Kiyoko (novia)
Patricia Acevedo as Voz en Hospital
Rebeca Gómez as
Hada
Voz en supermercado
Rebeca Manriquez as Sra Yamanauchi
Ricardo Mendoza as Chico con Celular
Sylvia Garcel as Mujer con Gatos
Spanish companies 
DVD Distribution: LK-TEL (Chile | DVD)

Italian staff 
(none)
Italian cast 
Italian companies 
Distributor: Columbia Tristar
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 
Kai Taschner as Hana
German companies 
Dutch staff 
Dutch companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: Anime Essentials
Dutch cast 
(none)
Russian staff 
Russian companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: Imperial CinePix
Polish cast 
(none)

Portuguese cast 
Portuguese staff 
(none)

Carlos Silveira as Mamãe (Okaa-san)
Luiz Antônio Lobue as Pai da Miyuki (Miyuki's father)
Marcelo Pissardini as Taxista (Taxi Driver)
Márcia Regina as Sachiko Nishizawa
Tatiane Keplermaier as Kyoko filha do Gin (Gin's daughter)

Afonso Amajones as Mitsuo Hiruta
Cláudia Carli as Mulher Latino-americana (Latin American Woman)
Guilherme Lopes as Doutor (Doctor)
Rodrigo Andreatto as Assassino Latino-americano (Latin American assassin)
Portuguese companies 
Broadcaster: Animax Brazil
Dubbing: Dubla video

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
This encyclopedia is collaboratively edited by the users of this site
DISCLAIMER add information report an error lookup sources

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Anime anthology