Tokyo Godfathers

Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ, Tōkyō Goddofāzāzu) is a 2003 anime film by Japanese director Satoshi Kon. Tokyo Godfathers is Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, was also involved in the film's production. The story is patterned and partially named after the 1948 John Ford Western film 3 Godfathers, in which a trio o... more

Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ, Tōkyō Goddofāzāzu) is a 2003 anime film by Japanese director Satoshi Kon. Tokyo Godfathers is Kon's third animated movie, which he wrote and directed. Keiko Nobumoto, noted for being the creator of the Wolf's Rain series and a head scriptwriter for Cowboy Bebop, was also involved in the film's production. The story is patterned and partially named after the 1948 John Ford Western film 3 Godfathers, in which a trio of thieves come to be responsible for a newborn baby. Tokyo Godfathers received an Excellence Prize at the 2003 Japan Media Arts Festival. One Christmas Eve, three homeless people – Gin (ギン), a gruff, alcoholic, middle-aged hobo, Hana (ハナ), an okama, and Miyuki (ミユキ), a runaway girl – discover an abandoned newborn while searching in some trash for Hana's Christmas present for Miyuki. Deposited with the baby is a note asking the finder to take good care of the unnamed baby and a bag containing clues to the parent's identity. Using pictures of... less