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WUD Film Presents: Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Event Details

Date
Friday, December 4, 2026
Time
6:30-8:12 p.m.
Location
The Marquee, Union South
Description
Japan | 92 min | PG-13 | Dir. Satoshi Kon   "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." - IMDB   "In one sense the plot involves returning stolen goods to a thief, but Tokyo Godfathers is really about longing -- for family, for children, for parents and for the lost past." - Joe Morgenstern (Wall Street Journal)   Watch the trailer here:   https://youtu.be/ZL_2E-HfIZY?si=3ntaYWq5Yf-kcdyH      For information on available assistive content for WUD Film screenings, please visit the Assistive Movie Screenings in the Marquee Theater page .   Visit our Informed Moviegoing Resources page for links to resources that explore film ratings and content alerts. This event is intended for UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, Wisconsin Union members and their guests. Anyone can become a Wisconsin Union member .
Cost
Free
Accessibility

We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-6788 (voice only) to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Friday, November 20, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.

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