Tokyo Godfathers
Dir: Kon Satoshi
Japan, 2003, Japanese, 92mins, DCP
Cast: Voice Cast: Emori Toru, Umegaki Yoshiaki, Okamoto Aya
One Christmas Eve, three rough sleepers – transgendered woman Hana, middleaged alcoholic Gin and teenage runaway Miyuki – come across an abandoned baby in a garbage heap. The trio sets out to find the baby’s parents, leading to an odyssey that forces them to face their respective pasts – and the dark side of the affluent city. Inspired by John Ford’s 3 Godfathers , and featuring a script co-written by Cowboy Bebop scriptwriter Nobumoto Keiko, Kon’s enchanting and surprisingly funny adventure about the magical miracles of everyday coincidences is simply one of the best – and most unusual – Christmas films ever made.
SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia: Best Animated Feature Film
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Full House 2021-08-19 (Thu)
21:30Full House 2021-08-25 (Wed)
19:45
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
Chinese Subtitles
Full House
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