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Tokyo Godfathers

Maruyama, Masao 1941- (Added Author). Kon, Satoshi 1963-2010 (Added Author). Nobumoto, Keiko (Added Author). Emori, Toru 1944- (Added Author). Umegaki, Yoshiaki (Added Author). Okamoto, Aya (Added Author). ©?zuka, Sh©þz©þ (Added Author). Kat©þ, Seiz©þ 1927-2014 (Added Author). Ishimaru, Hiroya (Added Author). Saikachi, Ryûji (Added Author). Yara, Yûsaku (Added Author). Terase, Ky©þko (Added Author). Sugai, Katsutoshi (Added Author). Konishi, Kenichi (Added Author). Ike, Nobutaka (Added Author). Seyama, Takeshi (Added Author). Suzuki, Keiichi 1933- (Added Author). Mad House Inc. (Added Author). Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki are homeless friends who have formed a makeshift family structure bond. That bond is tested when they find an abandoned baby while searching for food in a trash dumpster. They try to care for the infant themselves, and travel throughout the city in search of the baby's parents.

Record details

ISBN: 1404946918
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (92 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
DVD videorecording
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Title from container. Special features: animax making of featurette; theatrical trailer; bonus trailers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Katsutoshi Sugai ; animation director, Ken'♯±chi Konishi ; art director, Nobutaka Ike ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Keiichi Suzuki ; character designer, Satoshi Kon, Ken'♯±chi Konishi.
Participant or Performer Note:	Voices: Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka, Seizô Katô, Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryûji Saikachi, Yûsaku Yara, Kyôko Terase.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, violent images, languages and some sexual material.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned. Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish.