Tokyo Godfathers
12A
In Association with The Friends of Hyde Park Picture House
Wed 17 Dec · 18:00
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.
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
No
Content guidance
LGBTQIA+ discrimination • Violence • Suicide/self-harm
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+ Live panel discussion
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