Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ)

We have seen a star in the east.

It told us the Son of God is born.

Nativity Play/Sermon/Dinner

The Lord Jesus was laid in a manger...

...to bring salvation to the souls of those...

...with no place of their own.

Nothing is harder than to have no place...

...but many are those without one.

Tell me about it!

In their solitude, they long for someone who will say:

"I want you to be here."

Not me, thanks.

Be quiet!

Jesus was born to offer those alone a place in which to be alive!

"Joy to the world, the food has come."

Gin! It's "the Lord has come"!

You don't know much, do you?

More than some faggot.

I am a mistake made by God.

In my heart, I am a woman.

Women can have children.

What if a miracle like the Virgin Mary getting pregnant...

...was to happen to a homo?

Better give me a little extra. After all, I'm eating for two.

Serves you right!

Miyuki!

Time to eat!

Miyuki!

Close your legs! Act like you were a woman.

I am a woman.

And it's a waste to spill food like that.

Don't just gobble your bread.

Eat it with love for the people who made and brought it here.

I hate that Bible-thumping. You're just like Akiko.

Who's Akiko?

My old lady.

Well!

Don't call your mother that.

Eat shit, you old fart.

"Shit" I'll take, but "fart" I won't!

That hurts! You old...

..."bag lady."

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

Should a burden on society like you be talking?

You're a burden on us. What does that make you?

The kettle the pot's calling black!

You mouthy brat!

Can't you at least get along at Christmas?

Oh, yes... Miyuki, I got you a present.

They're gone!

A whole set of "World Literature for Children."

Why would I need that?!

Hana looked hard for those!

Even a homeless teenage runaway needs a Christmas present!

I choose not to go home.

Six months on the street means you don't have a home.

I can go home any time I want to.

It's the ones who say that who never do.

Speak for yourself, you old geezer!

What are you doing to Dostoevsky?!

I won't take that, today of all days!

Not even my father ever hit me!

So I'll do it for him!

Grow up, will you?!

Don't hurt yourselves.

Show more respect, kid!

I'm not a kid!

With little tits like these?

You filthy old pervert! That's harassment!

Will you two stop!

Huh?

It's been...

...abandoned.

There, there, there.

Care for this child.

What a world!

Oh, man!

Oh, my! You're a little girl. I wonder what your name is.

"John Doe."

She's a girl, I said! He's so rude!

How old was I when I started living like this? Thirty-something?

I still thought that I was better off...

...than a child with no home.

There, there, now! We'll take you somewhere warm.

The cop shop's that way!

This is a Christmas present from God!

She's our baby!

Huh?

Sorry!

What do you mean, take her with us?

I'm just doing God's will.

Her parents might come back.

What parent would leave a child out in this cold?!

That's a devil, not a parent!

Kiyoko wanted us to find her.

"Kiyoko"?

"Kiyoko"? Why "Kiyoko"?!

From kiyo, "pure", on this purest of nights.

How tacky!

Kiyoko's a fine name!

Did you have a girlfriend named that?

Idiot!

Look, we can't just name her! She's not a puppy or a kitten!

So I'm taking her home.

To a cardboard box?

There's no room!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance! Let me feel like a mother!

A haiku:

"A little baby / powdery snow on its cheeks / on this holy night."

Directed by Satoshi Kon

Peek-a-boo!

Oh, dear! Tell me what's wrong!

Shut up!

Hey!

I know, I know, he's not your mommy. He's just a homeless homo.

Don't say that in front of her!

A baby crying around here will sound weird!

We're going to take you to the police soon, okay?

You're not going anywhere, are you?

Idiot! We're taking her to the police!

Don't shout or she'll never shut up!

Why won't you stop crying? Are you hungry?

There, there!

Maybe she's sick.

Tomorrow... I promise I'll take her then.

Christmas should be the happiest day of the year.

If we take her in now, it'll always be the worst day of her life!

Maybe...

...she needs a diaper.

Hana, boil some water.

I'll make some milk.

Hey! Whose side are you on?!

Go buy some water! My angel isn't drinking from the tap!

Why me?

Where does a bum get off telling me "Them that works eats"?

Just for tonight, remember. Tomorrow we take her to the police.

So "no man is an island" after all, huh?

You're buying water?!

A Christmas miracle.

What a haul!

Watch where you're going, brat!

You watch where you're going!

I was married once.

With a child?

No, don't tell me! I don't want to hear this!

You never forget for one second.

A child's the only thing you hold dearer than life itself.

A boy?

No.

Bullshit!

Come on! Give it back!

Hey, you're the girl who hangs out with Gin.

Get out of here, will you?

We don't want Gin after us.

Why not?

You're the light of his life, that's why not!

There's not much light in a cardboard box.

Let me have this book.

How old?

Twenty-one, I think.

Five or six years older than Miyuki, I guess.

That old?

If she was alive.

When I was 20 I got a girl pregnant, and we got married.

I was in heaven.

You could have poked me in the eye and I'd have just smiled at you.

But my daughter got sick, and the medical bills were huge.

I was something of a bicycle racer then.

I needed money. There was this race...

You threw it?

A punk I knew had this scheme.

They found out, I got kicked out of racing, and my girl died.

I just didn't feel like working anymore.

And then my wife followed my daughter.

Oh, no!

That's how you get to be a man like me.

I didn't want to hear that! I hate sad stories!

It's freezing!

You're used to this.

Kind of.

I'll give her the milk.

Dreams do come true.

I always dreamed of being the mother of a little girl.

A nice, warm house, a pretty daughter.

Even if my husband was no good...

...I would accept dire poverty as long as I had my child.

Feed the poor kid!

You're so pretty.

The prettiest little girl in the world.

What do you want?!

They're gone.

Santa Claus, maybe?

"Uncle Bag" and the baby are gone.

What's that faggot thinking about?!

Man, he's got big feet!

You can't have feet fixed.

Are you taking her back?

There's probably an APB out on her.

And for you.

I doubt it.