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Tokyo Godfathers (movie)



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©2003 Satoshi Kon_Mad House/Tokyo Godfathers Committee. 


 
Alternative title:
Héroes al rescate (Spanish) 
Los Padrinos de Tokio (Spanish) 
Os Padrinhos de Tóquio (Portuguese) 
Rodzice chrzestni z Tokio (Polish) 
Tokiói keresztapák 
Однажды в Токио (Russian) 
東京ゴッドファーザーズ (Japanese) 
東京教父 (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: drama 
Themes: parenting 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: On Christmas Eve, three homeless people residing in Tokyo -- middle-aged alcoholic Gin, teenage runaway Miyuki, and former drag queen Hana -- were looking through a dumpster for Christmas gifts, when cries from a baby drew their attention. Believing this was a gift from God, Hana, not being able to have a child of her own, vowed to take care of the abandoned baby girl. They then, together, begin to search for the baby's mother. Through Christmas Eve to the end of the year, they encounter a variety of characters and find people they thought they'd never see again. 
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Ratings: 2225 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 436 votes (sub:350, dub:51, ?:4, raw:2, others:29
6 Spanish subtitled
4 German dubbed
3 Spanish dubbed
3 French subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 French edited dub
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 775 votes (sub:649, dub:81, ?:9, raw:5, others:31
6 Spanish subtitled
5 German dubbed
5 Spanish dubbed
4 Italian dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Danish subtitled
)
 Very good: 591 votes (sub:481, dub:64, ?:8, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:35
7 Spanish subtitled
6 Italian dubbed
5 French subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
4 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Romanian subtitled
1 Danish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Good: 269 votes (sub:209, dub:38, ?:2, raw:2, others:18
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian edited dub
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 83 votes (sub:57, dub:17, ?:4, raw:2, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
)
 So-so: 27 votes (sub:18, dub:6, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:9, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 11 votes (sub:8, others:3
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (sub:13)
Seen in part or in whole by 3202 s, rank: #332 (of 9997)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.390 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.456, rank: #261 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 8.385 (Very good+), rank: #217 (of 10155) (seen all: 8.40 / seen some: 8.19 / won't finish: 4.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.379 (Very good+), rank: #106 (of 7635)
Running time: 92 minutes 
Vintage: 2003 
Premiere date:
2003-08-30 (New York - Big Apple Anime Fest) 
2003-10-02 (San Diego Asian Film Festival) 
2003-11-08 (Japan) 
2003-12-05 (Los Angeles, California) 
2004-01-16 (Italy - Future Film Festival) 
2004-01-16 (USA [limited release]) 
2004-08-13 (Taiwan) 
2008-06-02 (Latin America - Animax (Reciclo)) 
Release dates: We have 5
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 4
Review:
Tokyo Godfathers (Sep 16, 2003)
News: Show:
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Fantasia Anime (Jul 6, 2004)
Oscar Nominees Announced (Jan 27, 2004)
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New Satoshi Kon Movie (Apr 11, 2002)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Tokyo Godfathers (BD+DVD) 2020-06-02 (from $16.57)
DVD (Region 1)
    Tokyo Godfathers (Sub.DVD) 2004-04-13 (from $10.39)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Satoshi Kon 
Screenplay:
Satoshi Kon 
Music: Keiichi Suzuki 
Original story: Satoshi Kon 
Character Design:
Satoshi Kon 
Art Director: Nobutaka Ike 
Animation Director:
Toshiyuki Inoue 
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima 
Co-Director: Shōgo Furuya 
Director of Photography: Katsutoshi Sugai 
Executive producer:
Tarō Maki 
Producer: Masao Maruyama 

Background Art:
Youichi Watanabe 
Casting Management: Tsutomu Kashiwakura 
Chief animator: Kenichi Konishi 
Co-Producer: Satoki Toyada 
Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto 
Computer Programming: Hiroshi Yamaoka 
Digital Harmony:
Keiko Itogawa 
Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio 
Editing:
Takeshi Seyama 
Ending Title: Yukio Kumagai (Nihon Effect Center) 
Film Development, Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi 
Film Recording:
Masahiro Honma 
Finish Animation:
Yun Hee Park (DR Movie) 
Finish Check:
Yuya Nishida 
Finishing:
Mi Yeon Lee 
In-Between Animation:
Yurika Higashizaka (DR Movie) 
In-Between Check:
Sakiko Watanabe 
Key Animation:
Toshiyuki Inoue 
Lab Desk: Yūko Suzuki 
Lab Management: Takehisa Kawamata 
Music Production: Misako Noda 
Optical Re-Recording: Akira Toshisawa (Aoi Studio) 
Photography:
Yukiya Imamura (Studio Ipse) 
Production Advancement:
Tomomi Yoshino 
Production producer: Satoki Toyoda 
Recording:
Kunio Andō (Aoi Studio) 
Recording Assistant: Yūji Tagami (Aoi Studio) 
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi 
Sound Effects Assistant: Hiromune Kurahashi (Sound Box) 
Sound Engineer:
Yoshikazu Sasahara 
Sound Production: Tomoko Nakajima 
Special Effects:
Toyohiko Sakakibara 
Theme Song Performance:
Moonriders (ED) 
Title Logo: Kyoko Yamashita 
Aya Okamoto as Miyuki 
Tōru Emori as Gin 
Yoshiaki Umegaki as Hana 

Kōichi Yamadera as Taxi Driver 
Kyōko Terase as Sachiko 
Mamiko Noto as Gin's Daughter Kiyoko 
Satomi Koorogi as Baby "Kiyoko" 
Seizō Katō as Okaa-san 
Yūsaku Yara as Miyuki's Father 

Akio Ōtsuka as Doctor 
Hiroya Ishimaru as Yasuo 
Inuko Inuyama as Kurumizawa 
Kanako Yahara as Yamanouchi 
Luis Sartor as
Latin American Assassin 
Mario 
Myrta Dangelo as
Latin American Woman 
María 
Rie Shibata as Cat Lady 
Rikiya Koyama as Bridegroom 
Ryūji Saikachi as Old Man 
Shōzō Iizuka as Ohta 

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse 
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM 
Film Developing: Imagica 
Finish Animation:
DR Movie 
In-Between Animation:
Madhouse 
Photography:
Studio Ipse 
Recording Studio: Aoi Studio 
Sound Effects: Sound Box 
Sound Production: Techno Sound 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Michael Sinterniklaas 
Producer:
Stephanie Sheh 

ADR Writer: Oscar Garcia 
Assistant ADR Director:
Stephanie Sheh 
Audio Mixing: Oscar Garcia 
Casting Director: Stephanie Sheh 
Dialogue Editing: Oscar Garcia 
Printmaster: Gary Coppola 
Production Assistant:
Zoe Martin 
Production manager: Clark Cheng 
Recording engineer:
Stephanie Sheh 
Candice Moore as Miyuki  (Animax dub) 
Darren Pleavin as Gin  (Animax dub) 
John Avner as Gin (credited as Jon Avner; GKids dub) 
Russell Wait as Hana  (Animax dub) 
Shakina Nayfack as Hana (GKids dub) 
Victoria Grace as Miyuki (GKids dub) 

Crispin Freeman as Mikyuki’s Father 
Kari Wahlgren as Baby "Kiyoko" 
Kate Bornstein as Mother 

David Manis as Old Man 
Erica Schroeder as
Cat Lady 
Gin’s Daughter 
Gloria Garayua as Maria 
Jamieson K. Price as
Doctor 
Oota 
Kirk Thornton as Yasuo 
Larissa Gallagher as Sachiko 
Marc Thompson as Taxi Driver 
Orlando Rios as Mario 
Philece Sampler as
Mrs. Kurumizawa 
Mrs. Yamanouchi 

English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post (GKids dub) 
Broadcaster:
Starz 
Distributor: Shout! Factory (2020) 
Internet Streaming:
Tubi TV 
Licensed by:
Umbrella Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand) 
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Guylaine Gibert 

Adaptation: Catherine Valduriez 
Guylaine Gibert as Miyuki 

Dominique Wagner as Kiyoko 
Maia Baran as Kiyoko (fille de Gin) 
Philippe Allard as Chauffeur de taxi 

Alexandra Correa as Maria 
Carine Seront as Kusumizawa 
Daniel Dury as Vieil homme 
David Manet as Serveur latino 
Didier Colfs as Prêtre 
Lionel Bourguet as Mitsuo 
Olivier Francart as "Maman" 
Philippe Allard as Yasuo 
Sébastien Hebrant as Ishida 
Tony Beck as Reporter radio 

French companies
Broadcaster:
Virgin 17 
Distributor: Sony 
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers (Belgium) 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Gemma Ibáñez as Miyuki (Spain dub) 
Gerardo Reyero as Hana 
Jordi Ribes as Hana (Spain dub) 
Laura Ayala as Miyuki 
Miguel Ángel Jenner as Gin (Spain dub) 

Alicia Laorden as Sachiko (Spain dub) 
José Antonio Jiménez as Miyuki's Father (Spain dub) 
Juan Miguel Valdivieso as Taxi Driver (Spain dub) 
Juana Beuter as Mother (Spain dub) 
Maria Rosa Guillén as Madre de Miyuki (Spain dub) 
Vicky Martínez as Kiyoko (Spain dub; Gin's Daughter) 

Alejandro Villeli as Doctor 
Carlos del Campo as
Madre 
Taxista 
Cesar Arias as Anciano 
Eduard Doncos as Doctor (Spain dub) 
Elisa Beuter as María (Spain dub) 
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Ohta (Spain dub) 
Fina Rius as Mrs. Yamanouchi (Spain dub) 
Jorge Roig as Narración 
José Javier Serrano as Yasuo (Spain dub) 
Juan Alfonso Carralero as
Ebrio 
Mitsuo 
Juana Beuter as Cat Lady (Spain dub) 
Laura Torres as Esposa de Mario 
Magda Giner as Sra Sakurasawa 
Manuel Osto as Mitsuo (Spain dub) 
Maria Fernanda Morales as Kiyoko (enfermera) 
Maria Rosa Guillén as Mrs. Kurumizawa (Spain dub) 
Monica Manjarrez as Sachiko 
Mónica Villaseñor as Kiyoko (novia) 
Patricia Acevedo as Voz en Hospital 
Rebeca Gómez as
Hada 
Voz en supermercado 
Rebeca Manriquez as Sra Yamanauchi 
Ricardo Mendoza as Chico con Celular 
Roberto Mendiola as Yasuo 
Santiago Cortés as Old Man (Spain dub) 
Sylvia Garcel as Mujer con Gatos 

Fina Rius (Spain dub) 
Jaume Aguiló (Spain dub) 
José Antonio Jiménez (Spain dub) 
José Javier Serrano (Spain dub) 
José Luis Campos (Spain dub) 
Juan Miguel Valdivieso (Spain dub) 
Juana Beuter (Spain dub) 
Luis García Márquez (Spain dub) 
Manuel Osto (Spain dub) 
Maria Rosa Guillén (Spain dub) 
Mario Arpal (Spain dub) 
Santiago Cortés (Spain dub) 
Susana Macías (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Multipremier (Latin America) 
DVD Distribution:
LK-TEL (Chile | DVD)  (Argentina) 
Internet Streaming:
Qubit.tv (subtitled; expired) 
Subtitles: SDI Media (Netflix; Spain) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Vittorio De Angelis 
Angelo Nicotra as Gin 

Isabella Pasanisi as Kurumizawa 
Rossella Acerbo as Kiyoko 
Sandro Sardone as Madre 

Doriana Chierici as Sudamericana 
Edoardo Nordio as
Prete 
Uomo ubriaco 
Eleonora De Angelis as Sachiko Nishimura 
Fabrizio Manfredi as Ayaki Nishimura 
Gabriele Lopez as Ragazzo delle "pulizie" 
Gemma Donati as
Chierichetta 
Donna angelo 
Michele D'Anca as
Barbone 
Dottore 
Rossella Acerbo as Koyuki, figlia di Gin 
Wladimiro Grana as Ishida 
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Italia 1 
Distributor: Columbia Tristar 
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC 
German staff
German cast
(none)

Caroline Combrinck as Kiyuki 
Kai Taschner as Hana 
Marieke Oeffinger as Engel 
German companies
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Anime Essentials 
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor:
MC Entertainment 
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor: Imperial CinePix 
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
(none)
Antônio Moreno as Gin 
Cassius Romero as Hana 

Carlos Silveira as Mamãe (Okaa-san) 
Luiz Antônio Lobue as Pai da Miyuki (Miyuki's father) 
Marcelo Pissardini as Taxista (Taxi Driver) 
Márcia Regina as Sachiko Nishizawa 
Tatiane Keplmair as Kyoko filha do Gin (Gin's daughter) 

Affonso Amajones as Mitsuo Hiruta 
Cláudia Carli as Mulher Latino-americana (Latin American Woman) 
Guilherme Lopes as Doutor (Doctor) 
Rodrigo Andreatto as Assassino Latino-americano (Latin American assassin) 

Portuguese companies
ADR Studio: Dublavídeo 
Broadcaster:
HBO Latin America 
Dubbing: Dubla video 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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