| Description |
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue, English, French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. |
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Special features: animax making of featurette; theatrical trailer; bonus trailers. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Performer |
Voices: Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka, Seizô Katô, Hiroya Ishimaru, Ryûji Saikachi, Yûsaku Yara, Kyôko Terase. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Katsutoshi Sugai ; animation director, Ken'ichi Konishi ; art director, Nobutaka Ike ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Keiichi Suzuki ; character designer, Satoshi Kon, Ken'ichi Konishi. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements, violent images, languages and some sexual material. |
| Summary |
The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Middle-aged has-been Gin, aging transvestite Hana, and teenage runaway Miyuki are homeless friends who have formed a makeshift family structure bond. That bond is tested when they find an abandoned baby while searching for food in a trash dumpster. They try to care for the infant themselves, and travel throughout the city in search of the baby's parents. |
| Subject |
Abandoned children -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Homeless persons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Foreign films -- Videodiscs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Videodiscs.
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Animated films Videodiscs.
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Motion pictures, Japanese Videodiscs.
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| Added Author |
Maruyama, Masao.
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Kon, Satoshi, 1963-2010.
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Nobumoto, Keiko.
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Emori, Toru, 1944-
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Konishi, Kenichi.
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Ike, Nobutaka.
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Seyama, Takeshi.
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Suzuki, Keiichi, 1933-
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Maddohausu, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1404946918 |
| Standard No. |
043396028142 |
| Music No. |
02814 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment |
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