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Tokyo Godfathers (movie)

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©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))
Genres: comedy, drama
Themes: parenting
Objectionable content: Significant
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.
User Ratings: 1886 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 360 votes (sub:291, dub:39, ?:4, raw:2, others:24
4 Spanish subtitled
4 German dubbed
3 French subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
1 French edited dub
1 German subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Excellent: 667 votes (sub:561, dub:65, ?:8, raw:5, others:28
6 Spanish subtitled
5 German dubbed
5 Spanish dubbed
4 Italian dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Danish subtitled
)
 Very good: 499 votes (sub:410, dub:48, ?:6, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:33
6 Italian dubbed
5 French subtitled
5 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Romanian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Danish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Good: 227 votes (sub:181, dub:27, raw:2, ?:1, others:16
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 70 votes (sub:46, dub:15, ?:4, raw:2, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 So-so: 25 votes (sub:18, dub:5, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Weak: 10 votes (sub:7, others:3
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 12 votes (sub:12)
Seen in part or in whole by 2728 users, rank: #339 (of 5565)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.375 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.4827, rank: #218 (of 5555)
Weighted mean: 8.381 (Very good+), rank: #184 (of 5555) (seen all: 8.40 / seen some: 8.20 / won't finish: 3.35)
Bayesian estimate: 8.376 (Very good+), rank: #103 (of 4230)
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))
Release dates: We have 4
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 5
Review:
Tokyo Godfathers (Sep 16, 2003)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Tokyo Godfathers (Sub.DVD) 2004-04-13 (from $13.13)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Satoshi Kon
Screenplay:
Keiko Nobumoto
Satoshi Kon
Music: Keiichi Suzuki
Original story: Satoshi Kon
Character Design:
Kenichi Konishi
Satoshi Kon
Art Director: Nobutaka Ike
Animation Director:
Kenichi Konishi
Masashi Ando
Toshiyuki Inoue
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Co-Director: Shougo Furuya
Director of Photography: Katsutoshi Sugai
Executive producer:
Masao Takiyama
Shinichi Kobayashi
Taro Maki
Producer: Masao Maruyama

Background Art:
Kikuyo Yano
Masako Okada
Mie Kasai
Mitsuo Yoshino
Nao Ikeda
Naruyo Kiriyama
Shinichi Uehara
Takashi Omori
Youichi Watanabe
Casting Management: Tsutomu Kashiwakura
Chief animator: Kenichi Konishi
Co-Producer: Satoki Toyada
Color design: Ken Hashimoto
Computer Programming: Hiroshi Yamaoka
Digital Harmony:
Kei Ichikura
Keiko Itogawa
Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio
Editing:
Kashiko Kimura
Takeshi Seyama
Ending Title: Yukio Kumagai (Nihon Effect Center)
Film Development, Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
Film Recording:
Hiroo Shibata
Masahiro Honma
Finish Animation:
Bo-Ra Choi (DR Busan)
Dong Wook Baek (DR Busan)
Eu-Jene Jung (DR Movie)
Eun Jin Hong (DR Busan)
Hee Jung Jung (DR Busan)
Hee Kyoung Choi (DR Busan)
Hye Kyoung Park (DR Movie)
Hye Mi Shin (DR Busan)
Hyun Ji An (DR Movie)
Hyun-Woo Lee (DR Busan)
Jeong Eun-Sook (DR Movie)
Jeong Ah Yim (DR Busan)
Jeong Eun Lee (DR Movie)
Ji Sung Choi (DR Busan)
Jin Young Kwon (DR Movie)
Jung Ah Park (DR Movie)
Jung Eun Kim (DR Movie)
Ki Jeong Choi (DR Busan)
Lee Mi Yeun (DR Movie)
Mi Hwa Lee (DR Busan)
Min Ju Kim (DR Busan)
Na Yeon-Suk (DR Movie)
Oh Su Im (DR Busan)
Seo Saeng-Hoe (DR Busan)
Song Seung Hee (DR Movie)
Soon Lee Choi (DR Movie)
Su-Ra Choi (DR Busan)
Sung Hee Seo (DR Busan)
Young Kyung Park (DR Movie)
Young Shim Lee (DR Movie)
Young-Soon Choi (DR Busan)
Yun Hee Park (DR Movie)
Finish Check:
Azusa Sasaki
Fumie Mori
Kenji Takaoka
Noriko Kikui
Rie Fujiwara
Takahiro Mogi
Yoshinori Horikawa
Yuya Nishida
Finishing:
Jeong A Lim
Mi Yeun Lee
In-Between Animation:
Chel-Ho Jang (DR Movie)
Daiki Imamura (Madhouse) 
Eriko Kubokawa (Madhouse)
Eun Hee An (DR Movie)
Eun Me Pyun (DR Movie)
Eun Soon Byun (DR Movie)
Ga Jin Lee (Madhouse)
Hee Eun Choi (DR Movie)
Hee Jin Jung (DR Movie)
Heo Young Mi (DR Movie)
Hidehiko Sawada (Madhouse)
Houng Mi-Young (Madhouse)
Hye-Soon Byun (DR Movie)
Hyeon Soo Joung (DR Movie)
Hyo-Sun Lee (DR Movie)
Hyun Ju Park (DR Movie)
Ikumi Fukumoto (Madhouse)
Jee Young Soung (DR Movie)
Ji Eun Kim (DR Movie)
Jin Ju Go (DR Movie)
Jung-Hee Kim (DR Movie)
Kanae Miyoshi (Madhouse)
Kaori Miyazaki (Madhouse)
Kayo Ikeda (Madhouse)
Keiko Yamashita (Madhouse)
Kyong Sook Park (DR Movie)
Maki Saitou (Madhouse)
Makoto Yoshimura (Madhouse)
Masato Tezuka (Madhouse)
Megumi Tonegawa (Madhouse)
Mi Ok Lee (DR Movie)
Michiko Nagano (Madhouse)
Naoko Masui (Madhouse)
Natsumi Okumoto (Madhouse)
Ryu Chae-Ryung (DR Movie)
Seok Sun Shin (DR Movie)
Seon Ea Kim (DR Movie)
So Kyung Lee (DR Movie)
Suk-Hwa Park (DR Movie)
Taiki Imamura (Madhouse)
Yoshie Fujiwara (Madhouse)
Yoshihiro Kaneko (Madhouse)
Yurika Higashizaka (DR Movie)
In-Between Check:
Akiko Ohshima
Kayo Sakazume
Kazuaki Imai
Masayuki Kojima
Sakiko Watanabe
Key Animation:
Akiko Asaki
Hideki Hamasu
Hiroko Kazui
Hiroyuki Nakamura
Hisashi Mori
Kaichi Honma
Kazunobu Hoshi
Kazutaka Ozaki
Kenichi Konishi
Kumiko Kawana
Masashi Ando
Megumi Kagawa
Michiyo Suzuki
Miwa Sasaki
Norio Matsumoto
Shigeru Fujita
Shinji Hashimoto
Shinji Otsuka
Shougo Furuya
Takaaki Yamashita
Takeshi Honda
Tetsuya Kumagai
Toshiyuki Inoue
Lab Desk: Yuko Suzuki
Lab Management: Takehisa Kawamata
Music Production: Misako Noda
Optical Re-Recording: Akira Toshisawa (Aoi Studio)
Photography:
Chiemi Irisa (Madhouse)
Hiroshi Murakami
Hiroshi Ōizumi (Madhouse)
Hiroshi Tajima (Studio Ipse)
Jin Yamaguchi (Madhouse)
Masashi Nagao (Madhouse)
Masayuki Narai (Madhouse)
Mayumi Takarada (Studio Ipse)
Norio Matsuda (Studio Ipse)
Osamu Ishikuri (Studio Ipse)
Saori Kibe (Studio Ipse)
Satoko Kobashikawa (Studio Ipse)
Teruhisa Mizuhara (Studio Ipse)
Tomoharu Hosaka (Studio Ipse)
Tomotake Ishikawa
Tsuyoshi Hanzawa (Studio Ipse)
Yukio Masumoto (Madhouse)
Yukiya Imamura (Studio Ipse)
Production Advancement:
Kazuo Watanabe
Ryouhei Takahashi
Tomomi Yoshino
Production producer: Tomonori Toyoda
Recording:
Fujio Yamada (Techno Sound)
Kunio Ando (Aoi Studio)
Recording Assistant: Yuji Tagami (Aoi Studio)
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Effects Assistant: Hiromune Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Sound Engineer:
Masahiro Matsuda
Yoshikazu Sasahara
Sound Production: Tomoko Nakajima
Special Effects:
Chiemi Irisa
Kumiko Taniguchi
Sachiko Suzuki
Takatoshi Abe
Toyohiko Sakakibara
Theme Song Performance:
Keiichi Suzuki (ED)
Moonriders (ED)
Title Logo: Kyoko Yamashita
Aya Okamoto as Miyuki
Toru Emori as Gin
Yoshiaki Umegaki as Hana

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
Hiroya Ishimaru as Yasuo
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
Animation Production: Madhouse Studios
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM
Film Developing: Imagica
Finish Animation:
DR Busan
Dr. Movie
In-Between Animation:
Dr. Movie
Madhouse Studios
Photography:
Beanjam Co., Ltd.
Madhouse Studios
Studio Ipse
Production:
Dentsu Inc.
GENCO
Madhouse Studios
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Recording Studio: Studio Aoi
Sound Production: Techno Sound
English staff
English companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Starz
Internet Streaming: Crackle
Licensed by: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
English cast
French staff
French cast
Adapation: Catherine Lalduriez
Directrice de Plateau: Guylaine Gibert
Mixage: Laurent Duval
French companies
Broadcaster: Virgin 17
Distributor: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers (BELGIUM)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Cristina Mauri as Miyuki (Spain dub)
Gerardo Reyero as Hana
Jordi Ribes as Hana (Spain dub)
Laura Ayala as Miyuki
Miguel Angel Ghigliazza as Gin
Miguel Ángel Jenner as Gin (Spain dub)

Alicia Laorden as Sachiko (Spain dub)
Ana Maria Mauri as Mother (Spain dub)
Joel Mulachs as Kiyoko (Spain dub; Gin's Daughter)
Lucas Cisneros as Taxi Driver (Spain dub)

Alejandro Villeli as Doctor
Carlos del Campo as
Madre
Taxista
Cesar Arias as Anciano
Jorge Roig as Narración
Jose Gilberto Vilchis as Mario
José Javier Serrano as Sachiko's Husband (Spain dub)
Juan Alfonso Carralero as
Ebrio
Mitsuo
Laura Torres as Esposa de Mario
Magda Giner as Sra Sakurasawa
Manuel Osto as Mitsuo (Spain dub)
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
Roberto Mendiola as Yasuo
Santiago Cortés as Old Man (Spain dub)
Sylvia Garcel as Mujer con Gatos
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Latin America
Cinemax Latin America
Distributor: Sony Pictures Television International
DVD Distribution: LK-TEL (Chile | DVD)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Vittorio De Angelis
Angelo Nicotra as Gin
Maria Letizia Scifoni as Miyuki
Sergio Di Stefano as Hana

Isabella Pasanisi as Kurumizawa

Eleonora De Angelis as Sachiko Nishimura
Fabrizio Manfredi as Ayaki Nishimura
Rossella Acerbo as Koyuki, figlia di Gin
Italian companies
Distributor: Columbia Tristar
German staff
German cast
(none)
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)
Cassius Romero as Hana

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
Antônio Moreno as Gin 
Cláudia Carli as Mulher Latino-americana (Latin American Woman)
Guilherme Lopes as Doutor (Doctor)
Priscila Concépcion as Miyuki 
Rodrigo Andreatto as Assassino Latino-americano (Latin American assassin)
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Brazil
Canal MAX (subtituled)
HBO Latin America
Dubbing: Dubla video
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
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