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Tokyo Godfathers

Aya Okamoto

Yoshiaki Umegaki

Tohru Emori

Satomi Korogi

Mamiko Noto

Ryuji Saikachi

Kyoko Terase

Rikiya Koyama

Hiroya Ishimaru

Koichi Yamadera

Akio Otsuka

Yusaku Yara

Seizo Kato

Shozo Iizuka

Chiyako Shibahara

Mitsuru Ogata

Hidenari Ugaki

Muneyuki Kanbe

Satoshi Kon

Masao Takiyama

Shinichi Kobayashi

Taro Maki

Hisashi Mori

Katsutoshi Sugai

Hiroko Kazui

Keiichi Suzuki

Norio Matsumoto

Toshiyuki Inoue

Kumiko Kawana

Masashi Ando

Michiyo Suzuki

Shigeru Fujita

Shinji Hashimoto

Shinji Otsuka

Akiko Asaki

Hiroyuki Nakamura

Kaichi Honma

Kazunobu Hoshi

Kazutaka Ozaki

Kenichi Konishi

Megumi Kagawa

Miwa Sasaki

Shougo Furuya

Takaaki Yamashita

Takeshi Honda

Tetsuya Kumagai

Nobutaka Ike

Masafumi Mima

Junko Ina

Kaoru Inoda

Takashi Omori

Mie Kasai

Satoshi Hashimoto

Kumiko Taniguchi

Takatoshi Abe

Kashiko Kimura

Shizuo Kurahashi

Hisashi Ikeda

Kikuyo Yano

Masako Okada

Mitsuo Yoshino

Naruyo Kiriyama

Shinichi Uehara

Youichi Watanabe

Keiko Nobumoto

Toyohiko Sakakibara

Chiemi Irisa

Sachi Suzuki

Hitoshi Yamaguchi

Hiroshi Murakami

Yukihiro Masumoto

Hiroshi Oizumi

Hideki Hamasu

Takeshi Seyama

CHINO Takehiko

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An unlikely triumvirate of homeless folks discover an abandoned baby whilst scavenging through the rubbish of their downtown Tokyo district. What to do? Well this trio - a drag queen who has seen better days, one who has a bit of a penchant for the gin and the young runaway girl "Miyuki" set out to try and repatriate this Christmas baby - come what may! They don't have much to go on, but determine to painstakingly follow what little clues they have in the hope that they can identify the mother of this pitiful bundle. Along the way, we find ourselves in a semi-comical environment as the three make progress - almost despite themselves. Confused, yes? Muddled? Yes, that too - but the sum of the three individuals proves to be worth far more than the value of each part. They function as a team because they shouldn't - and that is where much of the humour and the potency of the drama comes from. The animation is stylish and the hues and shades are particularly effective at illustrating their environment and at complimenting the humorous elements of their detective work. For some, 2022 attitudes may show up some of the character cracks that would have been groundbreaking at the start of this new millennium, but given it was made when it was - it tackles quite a few issues with a candour - and vivacity - that all works well to create an entertaining, charming and at times just a little thought-provoking animation.

Tokyo Godfathers [Official English Dub Trailer, GKIDS] - Blu-ray/DVD June 2

Tokyo Godfathers [Official Subtitled Trailer]

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Aya Okamoto

Yoshiaki Umegaki

Tohru Emori

Satomi Korogi

Mamiko Noto

Ryuji Saikachi

Kyoko Terase

Rikiya Koyama

Hiroya Ishimaru

Koichi Yamadera

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