Tokyo Godfathers
12A

In Association with The Friends of Hyde Park Picture House

Wed 17 Dec · 18:00

Healthy Holidays at HPPH

02 Dec 2025 , programme community

Set in modern-day Tokyo, the annual Friends of HPPH festive special follows three homeless people's lives as they are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve.

Anime • Heartfelt • Critically Acclaimed

Part of Wintertime

As the New Year fast approaches these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents.

Along the way, encounters with the seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future, together.

Heartbreaking, hilarious and highly original, Tokyo Godfathers is a humanist masterpiece from legendary director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Perfect Blue) and a tale of hope and redemption in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

Members of the Friends of Hyde Park Picture House will be joining us for the screening and arranging member sign-ups for 2026.

The event will begin with a performance by Otley Brass Band from 17:50.

Details

Original language title

東京ゴッドファーザーズ

Duration

1hr 32mins

Director

Satoshi Kon

Distributor

Park Circus

Featuring

Aya Okamoto • Yoshiaki Umegaki • Tohru Emori

Year

2004

Country of origin

Japan

Language

Japanese with English subtitles

Strobe lighting

Content guidance

LGBTQIA+ discrimination • Violence • Suicide/self-harm

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