Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Tôkyô goddofâzâzu (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG-13
- 1h 32min
- Animation, Adventure
- 30 Aug 2003 (Brazil)
- Movie
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
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Awards:
- 8 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
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Tôru Emori | ... |
Gin (voice)
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Yoshiaki Umegaki | ... |
Hana (voice)
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Aya Okamoto | ... |
Miyuki (voice)
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Shôzô Îzuka | ... |
Ôta (voice)
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Seizô Katô | ... |
Kâ-san (voice)
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| Hiroya Ishimaru | ... |
Yasuo (voice)
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Ryûji Saikachi | ... |
Rô-jin (voice)
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| Yûsaku Yara | ... |
Miyuki no chichi (voice)
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Kyôko Terase | ... |
Sachiko (voice)
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Mamiko Noto | ... |
Gin no musume (voice)
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| Akio Ôtsuka | ... |
Isha (voice)
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| Rikiya Koyama | ... |
Shinrô (voice)
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| Satomi Kôrogi | ... |
Kiyoko (Ôta's daughter) (voice)
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Hidenari Ugaki | ... |
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Mitsuru Ogata | ... |
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Eriko Kawasaki | ... |
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Chiyako Shibahara | ... |
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Akiko Takeguchi | ... |
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Kazuaki Ito | ... |
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Nobuyuki Furuta | ... |
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Atsuko Yuya | ... |
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Toshitaka Shimizu | ... |
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Jin Horikawa | ... |
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Yuto Kazama | ... |
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(as Kazama Yûto)
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Masao Harada | ... |
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Tsuguo Mogami | ... |
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Yoshinori Sonobe | ... |
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Rin Sakurazawa | ... |
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Mayumi Ichikawa | ... |
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Hikaru Koga | ... |
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Hikaru Sugita | ... |
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Nishimura Ayaki | ... |
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Ryô Takahashi | ... |
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Shûho Miki | ... |
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Akiko Kawase | ... |
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Luis Sartor | ... |
Mario (voice)
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Myrta Dangelo | ... |
Maria (voice)
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Miyazaki Shinaga | ... |
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| Inuko Inuyama | ... |
Kurumizawa (voice)
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| Jon Avner | ... |
Gin (voice)
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Kate Bornstein | ... |
Mother (voice)
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| Jordan Cole | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Lexie Foley | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Crispin Freeman | ... |
Miyuki's Father / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Larissa Gallagher | ... |
Sachiko (voice)
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| Gloria Garayua | ... |
Maria (voice)
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| Victoria Grace | ... |
Miyuki (voice)
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| David Manis | ... |
Old Man / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Candice Moore | ... |
Miyuki (Animax Asia dub) (voice)
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| Darren Pleavin | ... |
Gin (Animax Asia dub) (voice)
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| Jamieson Price | ... |
Oota / Doctor / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Orlando Rios | ... |
Mario / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Philece Sampler | ... |
Mrs. Kurumizawa / Mrs. Yamanouchi / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Erica Schroeder | ... |
Gin's Daughter / Cat Lady / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Shakina | ... |
Hana (voice)
(as Shakina Nayfack)
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| Michael Sinterniklaas | ... |
Arao / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Marc Thompson | ... |
Taxi Driver / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Kirk Thornton | ... |
Yasuo / Additional Voices (voice)
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| Russell Wait | ... |
Hana (Animax Asia dub) (voice)
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| Jaden Waldman | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Directed by
| Shôgo Furuya | ||
| Satoshi Kon | ||
Written by
| Satoshi Kon | ... | (original story by) |
| Satoshi Kon | ... | (screenplay by) |
| Keiko Nobumoto | ... | (screenplay by) |
Produced by
| Takehiko Chino | ... | associate producer |
| David Jesteadt | ... | producer |
| Muneyuki Kanbe | ... | associate producer |
| Shinichi Kobayashi | ... | producer |
| Tarô Maki | ... | producer |
| Masao Maruyama | ... | producer |
| Hiromichi Masuda | ... | associate producer |
| Tarô Morishima | ... | associate producer (as Taro Morishima) |
| Stephanie Sheh | ... | producer |
| Michael Sinterniklaas | ... | producer |
| Masao Takiyama | ... | producer |
| Satoki Toyoda | ... | production producer |
| Shinjirô Yokoyama | ... | associate producer (as Shinjiro Yokoyama) |
Music by
| Moonriders | ||
| Keiichi Suzuki | ||
Cinematography by
| Katsutoshi Sugai | ||
Editing by
| Kashiko Kimura | ||
| Takeshi Seyama | ||
Editorial Department
| Hiroaki Hirabayashi | ... | color timer |
| Masahiro Honma | ... | film recording |
| Takehisa Katsumata | ... | lab management |
| Masao Shibata | ... | film recording |
| Yûko Suzuki | ... | lab desk |
Casting By
| Stephanie Sheh | ||
Art Direction by
| Nobutaka Ike | ||
Production Management
| Clark Cheng | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Shôgo Furuya | ... | unit director |
Art Department
| Satoshi Hashimoto | ... | color key |
| Junko Ina | ... | assistant art director |
| Kaoru Inoda | ... | assistant art director |
| Masako Torikata | ... | assistant color key |
Sound Department
| Kunio Andô | ... | sound recordist: Aoi Studio (as Kunio Ando) |
| Michael Archacki | ... | Sound Mix Facility Manager: Ascension Post English Version |
| Gary Coppola | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Oscar Garcia | ... | recording engineer |
| Tsutomu Kawahigashi | ... | dolby film consultant: Continental Far East |
| Hiromune Kurahashi | ... | sound effects assistant: Sound Box |
| Shizuo Kurahashi | ... | sound effects: Sound Box |
| Masafumi Mima | ... | sound director |
| Mikio Mori | ... | dolby film consultant: Continental Far East |
| Tomoko Nakajima | ... | sound producer: Techno Sound |
| Noboru Nishio | ... | digital optical recordist |
| Akira Rizawa | ... | optical re-recordist: Aoi Studio (as Akira Toshizawa) |
| Michael Allan Schneider | ... | recording engineer (as Michael Schneider) |
| Stephanie Sheh | ... | recording engineer |
| Michael Sinterniklaas | ... | recording engineer |
| Yûji Tagami | ... | recording assistant: Aoi Studio (as Yuji Tagami) |
| Alexander Verbitskiy | ... | foreign language mixer: Russian |
| Fujio Yamada | ... | sound recordist: Techno Sound |
Special Effects by
| Takatoshi Abe | ... | special effects |
| Chiemi Irisa | ... | special effects |
| Toyohiko Sakakibara | ... | special effects |
| Sachi Suzuki | ... | special effects |
| Kumiko Taniguchi | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Kei Ichikura | ... | digital harmony |
| Keiko Itogawa | ... | digital harmony |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Tsuyoshi Hanzawa | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Tomoharu Hosaka | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Yukiya Imamura | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Chiemi Irisa | ... | camera operator |
| Tomotake Ishikawa | ... | camera operator |
| Osamu Ishikuri | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Saori Kibe | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Satoko Kobashigawa | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Yukihiro Masumoto | ... | camera operator |
| Norio Matsuda | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Teruhisa Mizuhara | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Hiroshi Murakami | ... | camera operator |
| Masashi Nagao | ... | camera operator |
| Masayuki Narai | ... | camera operator: Madhouse |
| Hiroshi Tajima | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Mayumi Takarada | ... | camera operator: Studio Ipse |
| Hitoshi Yamaguchi | ... | camera operator |
| Hiroshi Ôizumi | ... | camera operator |
Animation Department
| Eun Hee An | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Hyun Ji An | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Masashi Andô | ... | animation director (as Masashi Ando) / key animator (as Masashi Ando) |
| Akiko Asaki | ... | key animator |
| Dong-wook Baek | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Eun-Soon Byun | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Hye Soon Byun | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Bo-Ra Choi | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Hee Eun Choi | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Ji Sung Choi | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Ki-Jeong Choi | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Soon Hee Choi | ... | cel painter: DR Movie (as Choi Soon Hee) |
| Su-Ra Choi | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Young Sun Choi | ... | cel painter: DR Busan (as Young-soon Choi) |
| Shigeru Fujita | ... | key animator |
| Rie Fujiwara | ... | cel checker |
| Yoshie Fujiwara | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Ikumi Fukumoto | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Shôgo Furuya | ... | key animator |
| Jin Ju Go | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Hideki Hamasu | ... | key animator (as Hideki Hamazu) |
| Shinji Hashimoto | ... | key animator |
| Fumie Hayashi | ... | cel checker |
| Young Mi Heo | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Takeshi Honda | ... | key animator |
| Eun Jin Hong | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Mi Yeong Hong | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Kaichi Honma | ... | key animator |
| Yoshinori Horikawa | ... | cel checker |
| Kazunobu Hoshi | ... | key animator |
| Kayo Ikeda | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Kazuaki Imai | ... | inbetween checker |
| Daiki Imamura | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Toshiyuki Inoue | ... | animation director / key animator |
| Cheol-Ho Jang | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Eun-sook Jeong | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Hee Jin Jeong | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Lee Ga Jin | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Hyeon Soo Joung | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Eu Jene Jung | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Hee Jung Jung | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Megumi Kagawa | ... | key animator |
| Yoshihiro Kaneko | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Kumiko Kawana | ... | key animator |
| Hiroko Kazui | ... | key animator |
| Noriko Kikui | ... | cel checker |
| Hee Jung Kim | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie (as Jung-hee Kim) |
| Ji Eun Kim | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Jung Eun Kim | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Min Ju Kim | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Seon Ea Kim | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Masayuki Kojima | ... | inbetween checker |
| Satoshi Kon | ... | character designer |
| Ken'ichi Konishi | ... | animation director / character designer / key animator |
| Eriko Kubokawa | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Tetsuya Kumagai | ... | key animator |
| Jin Young Kwon | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Choi-hee Kyoung | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Hyo Sun Lee | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Hyun-Woo Lee | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Jeong Eun Lee | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Mi Hwa Lee | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Mi Ok Lee | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Mi-yeun Lee | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| So Young Lee | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Young Sim Lee | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Naoko Masui | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Norio Matsumoto | ... | key animator |
| Kaori Miyazaki | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Kanae Miyoshi | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Takahiro Mogi | ... | cel checker |
| Hisashi Mori | ... | key animator |
| Yeon-suk Na | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Michiko Nagano | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Hiroyuki Nakamura | ... | key animator |
| Yuya Nishida | ... | cel checker |
| Su-im Oh | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Natsumi Okumoto | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Kazutaka Ozaki | ... | key animator |
| Hye Kyoung Park | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Hyeon Ju Park | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie (as Hyun Ju Park) |
| Jung Ah Park | ... | cel painter: DR Movie (as Jung-a Park) |
| Kyong Sook Park | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Suk-Hwa Park | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie (as Suk Hwa Park) |
| Young-Kyung Park | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Yun Hee Park | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Eun Me Pyun | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Chae-Ryung Ryu | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie (as Chae Ryong Ryu) |
| Maki Saitô | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Kayo Sakazume | ... | inbetween checker |
| Azusa Sasaki | ... | cel checker |
| Miwa Sasaki | ... | key animator |
| Hidehiko Sawada | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Saeng-Hoe Seo | ... | cel painter: DR Busan (as Saeung-hoe Seo) |
| Song-hee Seo | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Hye Mi Shin | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Seok Sun Shin | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Seung-hee Song | ... | cel painter: DR Movie |
| Jee Young Soung | ... | inbetween artist: DR Movie |
| Michiyo Suzuki | ... | key animator |
| Kenji Takaoka | ... | cel checker |
| Masato Tezuka | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Megumi Tonegawa | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Yurika Tôsaka | ... | inbetween artist (as Yurika Higashisaka) |
| Sakiko Watanabe | ... | inbetween checker |
| Takaaki Yamashita | ... | key animator |
| Yoshiko Yamashita | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Jeong Ah Yim | ... | cel painter: DR Busan |
| Makoto Yoshimura | ... | inbetween artist: Madhouse |
| Akiko Ôshima | ... | inbetween checker (as Akiko Ohshima) |
| Shinji Ôtsuka | ... | key animator (as Shinji Otsuka) |
Casting Department
| Naoto Kanô | ... | casting assistance |
| Tsutomu Kashiwakura | ... | casting manager |
| Junko Tajima | ... | casting assistance |
Music Department
| Masahiro Matsuda | ... | sound engineer |
| Yoshikazu Sasahara | ... | sound engineer |
| Koji Yamaoka | ... | computer programmer |
Script and Continuity Department
| Oscar Garcia | ... | script adaptation |
Additional Crew
| Oscar Garcia | ... | additional voice director |
| Yasuteru Iwase | ... | production committee: Madhouse |
| Haruyuki Machida | ... | production committee: Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Ken Munekata | ... | production committee: Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Naoki Satô | ... | production committee: Genco |
| Stephanie Sheh | ... | voice director |
| Michael Sinterniklaas | ... | voice director |
| Rachel Slotky | ... | production assistant |
| Ryôhei Takahashi | ... | production assistant |
| Nobuyuki Tôya | ... | production committee: Dentsû (as Nobuyuki Tohya) |
| Shigeru Ueda | ... | advertising assistance: Libero |
| Kazuo Watanabe | ... | production assistant |
| Kôji Yamaoka | ... | computer programming |
| Kyôko Yamashita | ... | title logo |
| Tomomi Yoshino | ... | production assistant |
| Meredith Zeitlin | ... | production assistant (as Zoe Martin) |
Thanks
| Kunie Aoki | ... | special thanks |
| Tomohisa Asô | ... | special thanks |
| Yumiko Daikoku | ... | special thanks |
| Keiji Fujiwara | ... | special thanks |
| Nanae Inoue | ... | special thanks |
| Bon Ishihara | ... | special thanks |
| Tomoko Kaneda | ... | special thanks |
| Setsuko Kawabata | ... | special thanks |
| Yoshihisa Kawahara | ... | special thanks |
| Masaya Oshima | ... | special thanks |
| Naomi Shindô | ... | special thanks |
| Takahiro Suzuki | ... | special thanks |
| Kanji Suzumori | ... | special thanks |
| Kaori Takeda | ... | special thanks |
| Ryôka Yuzuki | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Dentsu
- Genco
- Madhouse (animation)
- NYAV Post
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Tokyo Godfathers Production Committee
Distributors
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
- GKIDS (2020) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metacinema (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Animax (2008) (Venezuela) (tv)
- Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
- LK-TEL (Argentina) (DVD)
- LK-TEL (Argentina) (VHS)
- Proware Multimedia International (2014) (Taiwan) (Blu-ray) (video)
- Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States) (subtitled)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Italy) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2012) (Japan) (Blu-ray)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2017) (Australia) (Blu-ray)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2017) (Australia) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures (Sweden)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Aoi Studio (optical re-recording)
- Aoi Studio (recording studio)
- Ascension Post (post-production facilities)
- B-Wing (advertising assistance)
- Beanjam (photography)
- Busan DR (cel painting)
- Caritas Gakuen (production cooperation)
- Continental Far East (dolby film consultant)
- DR Movie (cel painting)
- DR Movie (inbetween animation)
- Egalite Moonriders Division (music production)
- Imagica (film developing)
- Libero (advertising assistance)
- Madhouse (inbetween animation)
- Madhouse (photography)
- Nippon Effect Center (ending titles)
- Omni Productions (english voice recording)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (advertising)
- Sound Box (sound effects)
- Studio Ipse Inc. (photography)
- Techno Sound (sound production)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Christmas in Tokyo, Japan. Three homeless friends: a young girl, a trans woman, and a middle-aged bum. While foraging through some trash, they find an abandoned newborn. Hana, the trans woman with frustrated dreams 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.
Written by Jon Reeves |
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| Taglines | Meet the ultimate dysfunctional family. See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The number "12-25" (the date of Christmas) appears throughout the film: the number on the key ring, the cab fare (12,250 yen), a stopped alarm clock, the address in the newspaper ad, the cab license plate. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Episode #31.16 (2004). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Climb Ev'ry Mountain See more » |
| Crazy Credits | The opening credits appear on billboards, store signs, truck lettering, etc. See more » |
| Quotes |
Hana:
I am a mistake made by God. In my heart, I am a woman. Gin: Women can have children. Hana: What if a miracle like the Virgin Mary getting pregnant... was to happen to a homo? [to soup kitchen server] Hana: Better give me a little extra. I'm eating for two. See more » |