IMDb plot summary: 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.
Directed by Satoshi Kon. Starring Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, and Aya Okamoto.
Tokyo Godfathers is an animated Japanese film about three homeless people on the streets of Japan who find themselves taking care of an abandoned baby at Christmastime. As they wander around trying to figure out what to do with this child, we learn more about their individual back stories and how they interact with each other. Some of these stories are definitely more interesting than other, but all the stories feel rich, and it did pique my interest in going back to rewatch it sometime. The kindness and love at the center of the film make it a good fit for the holiday season, despite the dark plotlines of loss and poverty at the heart of it. When it comes to my personal reaction, though, it's something I admire more than subjectively enjoy, though I think it's definitely one that could grow on me on another viewing or two, and I would like to give it that chance.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Tokyo Godfathers > The Anderson Tapes
Tokyo Godfathers > The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Tokyo Godfathers < Six Degrees of Separation
Tokyo Godfathers > Onward
Tokyo Godfathers < The Jungle Book (1967)
Tokyo Godfathers > 5 Centimeters Per Second
Tokyo Godfathers < Summer Wars
Tokyo Godfathers > Cats and Dogs
Tokyo Godfathers < Werewolves Within
Tokyo Godfathers < Eat Drink Man Woman
Tokyo Godfathers > Loving Vincent
Tokyo Godfathers < The Fugitive Kind
Final spot: #637 out of 3807, or 83%.
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