"The Godfather of Tokyo" is a classic by Jin Min, an anime movie suitable for repeated watching. The characters in the film left a particularly deep impression on me...
The film tells the story of three Tokyo tramps, Jin, Ahua, and Miyuki, who accidentally picked up an abandoned baby girl. The three experienced countless coincidences and tribulations and finally found the birth parents for the baby girl. The film radiates the overall status quo of Japanese society through the experience of the three people, the changes in urban development, the coldness of the economy and society, and the bitter life of the people at the bottom. However, behind the cold and heavy tones still reveal the precious warmth between people. In this process, the most prominent character is Ahua. No matter how difficult his situation is, he especially loves this cute baby. It is also Ahua's persistence and warmth that made the other two protagonists, Kim and Miyuki, gradually realize Go to the mistakes you made in your life and face the reality. The setting of Ahua’s gay identity has to be thought-provoking...
Of course, what shocked me the most was that such an anime reflected Japanese society so deeply. The tragic and bitter lives of the people at the bottom, the ruthlessness and coldness of human nature, and in such a dark place, a ray of light can still be seen in the protagonist...
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