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Tokyo Godfathers
by Satoshi KON

The most accomplished film by the philosophical genius of the anime genre, Satoshi KON. Three homeless people go on a breathtaking postmodern odyssey through one of the most amazingly rendered cityscapes ever produced in animation.

Credits:
Japan 2003, 35mm, 92 min, Japanese with German subtitles
Director: Satoshi KON
Co-director: Shogo FURUYA
Writers: Satoshi KON, Keiko NOBUMOTO
Production: Tokyo Godfathers Production Committee, Mad House
Director of photography: Katsutoshi SUGAI
Music: Moonriders, Keiichi SUZUKI
German distribution: Kairos Filmverleih
Voice talents: Toru EMORI, Aya OKAMOTO, Yoshiaki UMEGAKI, Shozo IZUKA

About the director: Satoshi KON, born in 1963, made his debut as comic artist but soon found his way into animation. He first attracted attention working as sctipt writer and background artist on MEMORIES (Katsuhiro OTOMO).

Filmography: 1998 Perfect Blue (NC 00); 2001 Millennium Actress (Sennen joyu); 2006 Paprika (NC 07); 2010 The Dreaming Machine (Yumemiru kikai)

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Thursday, April 15, 8 p.m. Cinema Mal Seh'n

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