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Tokyo godfathers

Tokyo godfathers [videorecording] / Also known as: Tōkyō goddofāzāzu. , Japan. - Culver City, Calif. : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004] - 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Run time: approx. 92 min. Special features: animax making of featurette; theatrical trailer; bonus trailers.

Director of photography, Katsutoshi Sugai ; animation director, Kenʼichi Konishi ; art director, Nobutaka Ike ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Keiichi Suzuki ; character designer, Satoshi Kon, Kenʼichi Konishi. Director of photography, Katsutoshi Sugai ; animation director, Kenʼichi Konishi ; art director, Nobutaka Ike ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Keiichi Suzuki ; character designer, Satoshi Kon, Kenʼichi Konishi.

Voices: Tōru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shōzō Īzuka, Seizō Katō, Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryūji Saikachi, Yūsaku Yara, Kyōko Terase.

The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki are homeless friends who have formed a makeshift family structure bond. That bond is tested when they find an abandoned baby while searching for food in a trash dumpster. They try to care for the infant themselves, and travel throughout the city in search of the baby's parents.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, violent images, languages and some sexual material.


DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.


Japanese dialogue with optional English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.

1404946918 9781404946910

043396028142

02814 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com


Abandoned children--Drama.
Homeless persons--Drama.
Desamparados--Teatro.
Niños abandonados--Teatro.

Kojikojiin Dorama.


Animated films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

PN1997.2 / .T659 2004

791.43/72