Tokyo Godfathers

IMDb link: 0388473
IMDb rating: 7.8 (54,893 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Animation
Director: Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya
Cast: Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shozo Izuka and others

Release date: 8 Nov 2003
Release year: 2003
Runtime: 92 minutes
Country: Japan
Keywords: family relationships, baby, tokyo japan, christmas, runaway teen, alcoholism, father child reunion, female topless nudity, asian transwoman, drag show

Plot:

Christmas in Tokyo, Japan. Three homeless friends: a young girl, a trans woman, and a middle-aged bum. While foraging through some trash, they find an abandoned newborn. Hana, the trans woman with frustrated dreams of being a mother, convinces the others to keep it overnight. The next day, using a key found with the baby, they start tracking down the parents, with many adventures along the way.

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