Sensei Sensibility

Welcome to Sensei Sensibility!  You  are the hungry mind yearning to devour Asian cinema;  I  am the (questionably) knowledgeable  Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite. If, this festive season, you're looking for a Christmas movie with genuine class and intelligence, the darkly comic  Tokyo Godfathers  (2003) is a 92 minute gift to yourself.  Already a fan of director Satoshi Kon’s work (in particular, the iconic horror  Perfect Blue  and anime thriller  Paranoia Agent ) I had long been anticipating a time when I would  finally  get to watch this unique re-imagining of... the birth of Jesus Christ. (Literally.) Tokyo Godfathers  kicks off on a Tokyo Christmas Eve, and  three homeless persons  stumbling upon an abandoned new-born girl, hidden in the garbage. This small trio of ragtag misfits then embark upon a fantastical, yet grimly real, quest to return the baby to her birth mother. L...