Fresh
In one sense the plot involves returning stolen goods to a thief, but Tokyo Godfathers is really about longing -- for family, for children, for parents and for the lost past.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Tokyo Godfathers
Meet the ultimate dysfunctional family.
2003 · 1h 32m · PG-13
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Satoshi Kon
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Tokyo Godfathers
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Satoshi Kon Director
- Aya Okamoto as Miyuki (voice)
- Yoshiaki Umegaki as Hana (voice)
- Tohru Emori as Gin (voice)
- Satomi Korogi as Kiyoko (voice)
- Mamiko Noto as Kiyoko, Gin's daughter (voice)
- Ryuji Saikachi as Roujin (voice)
- Kyoko Terase as Sachiko (voice)
- Rikiya Koyama as Shinrou (voice)
- Hiroya Ishimaru as Yasuo (voice)
- Koichi Yamadera as Taxi Driver (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Rotten
No amount of shoehorned-in razzle-dazzle can keep this forced fable from feeling like a shadow of Kon's early work.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
Fresh
Japanese animator Satoshi Kon has a striking sense of composition, but I'm more impressed by his storytelling skills.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Takes anime to a whole new level.
Ken Eisner, Variety
Fresh
One of the most moving, enjoyable and wholly unconventional Christmas stories to come along in a long time.
Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News
More films
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Action · Adventure · Animation · Family · Fantasy · PG
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast
- Keiko Yokozawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Minori Terada
IMDb
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
78
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · R
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as...
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn
IMDb
8.6
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
86
Philadelphia (1993)
Drama · PG-13
Two lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
IMDb
7.7
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
66
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Mystery · Thriller · R
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mys...
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
IMDb
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
76
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Documentary · Music · PG
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison
IMDb
8.7
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
94
Something Wild (1986)
Comedy · Crime · Romance · R
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Cast
- Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta
IMDb
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
73
Comments
Talk about the film with other members