Should you watch Tokyo Godfathers?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Tokyo Godfathers
Anime · 2003
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.
The sides of Tokyo Godfathers
- Three homeless people finding a baby in the trash
- A drag performer, a drunk and a runaway girl
- Tokyo at Christmas
Tokyo Godfathers is good for you if…
- you like three people on the street, each with a buried story.
- you want a Christmas story that moves you.
- you laugh at misfortune piling up on three people who have nothing.
Tokyo Godfathers is bad for you if…
- you don't watch animated films.
- you won't read subtitles for ninety minutes of Japanese.
- a drunk father and a girl who ran from home are too much for you.
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