Bibliograph

Tokyo Godfathers, Mad House Ltd. ; producer, Masao Maruyama ; screenplay, Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto ; directors, Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon

Type

Label

Tokyo Godfathers, Mad House Ltd. ; producer, Masao Maruyama ; screenplay, Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto ; directors, Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon

Language

jpn

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

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

Main title

Tokyo Godfathers

Oclc number

54387296

Responsibility statement

Mad House Ltd. ; producer, Masao Maruyama ; screenplay, Satoshi Kon, Keiko Nobumoto ; directors, Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon

Runtime

Summary

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Technique

animation

Classification