The movie revolves around Gin, the old mutant Hana and the fugitive teenager Miyuki. They are three homeless friends who make up one family, as they one night find a abandoned child while searching for food in a dump. Each of them begins to track parents through a key with the child.
Depois do brilhante Millenium Actress, Kon conta uma história bem mais simples, mas igualmente tocante e mágica, brindando o público com uma belíssima animação de tirar o fôlego.
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
February 09, 2016
Hana tends to swoon into stereotype, her theatricality and campiness infecting the other non-hetero characters here, with so many of them wailing or sobbing. The story's comedy and pathos can be similarly overwrought, too.
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.
