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Tokyo Godfathers
Tokyo Godfathers
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2003
1h 32m
7.9(1539 votes)
Animation
Drama
Comedy

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On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

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