Tokyo Godfathers

Dec 5, 2003

1h 32m

★ 7.9

Meet the ultimate dysfunctional family.

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Madhouse

Sony Pictures

dentsu

GENCO

Tokyo Godfathers Trailers

Cast

Miyuki (voice)

Aya Okamoto

Hana (voice)

Yoshiaki Umegaki

Gin (voice)

Tohru Emori

Kiyoko (voice)

Satomi Korogi

Kiyoko, Gin's daughter (voice)

Mamiko Noto

Roujin (voice)

Ryuji Saikachi

Sachiko (voice)

Kyoko Terase

Shinrou (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Yasuo (voice)

Hiroya Ishimaru

Taxi Driver (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Isha (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Ishida (voice)

Yusaku Yara

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