Tokyo Godfathers

2003 • 92 minutes

About this movie

In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents. Along the way, encounters with seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future, together.

Ratings and reviews

I love the main characters as we get to know their personal stories and become their own little family. Great cute story.

I love Satoshi Kon's movies. Tokyo Godfathers is probably my favorite. This is my annual Christmas movie; it's unique, it's special.

What a wild ride. Highly recommend, and will add this to my Christmas movie repertoire!