Extended Reading
  • Zoe 2022-03-20 09:02:18

    FOR FATHER, MOTHER AND CHILDREN'S FILM

    tokyo godfather

    Jin Min is getting more and more down-to-earth, and he talks about a heavy social topic-parent-child conflict in a lighthearted and funny way.

    There are two sentences in the film, "No parents will forget their children" and "Children can't forget their parents." These are the eyes of...

  • Johnson 2022-04-21 09:02:57

    Roger Ebert's translation of film reviews

    ★★★ (out of four stars) In Japan, animation is not considered the exclusive domain of children's and family movies, but is often used in adult, sci-fi, and action movies. In these films, animation gives a freedom that cannot be achieved in real life. Some Hollywood movies go so far as to challenge...

  • Christelle 2022-03-18 09:01:05

    "I stepped on soap and fell to death in the bath." "Ah, life is really unpredictable!"

  • Danny 2022-03-14 14:12:25

    Jin Min proved one point: Animation is not a pure visual dazzling technique, but serves a plot that cannot be achieved by real filming.

Tokyo Godfathers quotes

  • Gin: You peep pretty loud for a chick that can't even find its own worms.

    Miyuki: Should a burden on society like you be talking?

    Gin: You're a burden on us- what does that make you?

    Miyuki: The kettle the pot's calling black.

    Gin: You mouthy brat!

    Hana: Can't you at least get along on Christmas?

  • Hana: Oh, cheer up! Let's sing a song...

    Hana: [singing in English] Climb every mountain/...

    Miyuki: What the hell's that?

    Hana: "The Sound of Music," of course!

    Miyuki: Never heard of it.

    Hana: [sings] Climb every mountain/ Ford every stream...

    Gin: That's going to make you even hungrier.

    Hana: Follow every rainbow/ till... you... find... your... dream...