History Characters / TokyoGodfathers

* AwfulWeddedLife: Her husband was an alcoholic deadbeat deep in debt. She hoped that having a baby could save their marriage, only to miscarry, which caused her to snap and kidnap another couple's baby. After Gin thoroughly lays into her husband over how bad of a husband he's been and Sachiko is rescued from her own suicide attempt, the possibility is left open for the two of them to repair their marriage.

* AwfulMarriedLife: Her husband was an alcoholic deadbeat deep in debt. She hoped that having a baby could save their marriage, only to miscarry, which caused her to snap and kidnap another couple's baby. After Gin thoroughly lays into her husband over how bad of a husband he's been and Sachiko is rescued from her own suicide attempt, the possibility is left open for the two of them to repair their marriage.

* AwfullyMarriedLife: Her husband was an alcoholic deadbeat deep in debt. She hoped that having a baby could save their marriage, only to miscarry, which caused her to snap and kidnap another couple's baby. After Gin thoroughly lays into her husband over how bad of a husband he's been and Sachiko is rescued from her own suicide attempt, the possibility is left open for the two of them to repair their marriage.

[[folder: Sachiko Nishizawa]]

The closest thing this movie has to an antagonist.

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Although she endangers the baby, she isn't a villainous person. She's emotionally distraught over [[OutlivingOnesOffspring her own child's death]] and her subsequent estrangement from her alcoholic husband. At the end of the day, she's really just an ordinary woman who's in a tremendous amount of pain.]]
* BrokenBird: The stress of having to pay off the debts of her alcoholic husband [[spoiler:and suffering a miscarriage on top of it]] has left Sachiko depressed, exhausted, and suicidal.
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Already depressed and worn down by an awful marriage, Sachiko finally broke down after she lost her baby in a miscarriage. She kidnapped Kiyoko to pretend she was her baby, but once she realizes she won't be allowed to keep her, she tries to kill herself twice. Not even her husband apologizing and asking her to start over can pull her out of her despair.]]
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler:Her life has not been ideal, her husband has not been supportive, and her child was stillborn. But as Miyuki points out, that doesn't mean she's entitled to take another couple's child as her own and make them go through the same trauma she did.]]

* HeelRealization: In the end, she sees the error of her ways [[spoiler:when Miyuki makes her realize she's taking an innocent newborn away from her true parents... not unlike how her own child was taken away from her by a capricious and inexplicable act of fate]].
* InterruptedSuicide: Twice. First, Hana and Miyuki stop her from throwing herself off a bridge. Later, [[spoiler:after being cornered and being demanded to give Kiyoko back to her real parents]], she tried to throw herself off a building while carrying Kiyoko in her arms, only to be caught by Miyuki.

* TragicStillbirth: [[spoiler:She lost her real baby in a miscarriage, which finally pushed her over the DespairEventHorizon and lead her to kidnap another couple's baby in a desperate attempt to relieve her pain.]]
* TragicVillain: Sachiko is suicidally depressed on account of [[spoiler: having lost her child and her husband in the span of less than a week]]. What makes her an antagonist is that she lies about being Kiyoko's mother and takes her out of desperation since [[spoiler: she had a miscarriage]]. She almost killed both Gin and the baby during her nervous breakdown, but she's so torn-up about it that it's hard not to feel bad for her.
* TraumaCongaLine: It's hardly surprising that she's acting so erratically once it's revealed that [[spoiler: her child died and that she hasn't had any emotional support from her husband (who she's had a strained relationship with for a long time).]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Hana might have been more literal than she was expecting when she said Kiyoko was a child blessed by God, considering the sheer number of benevolent ContrivedCoincidences that occur once the trio discover her.

* BerserkButton: She'll take any insult you throw at her and brush it off. But calling her an old "fart" will immediately send her into a rage and attack whoever insulted her. She pinches Miyuki's cheek until the girl defers to calling her a "hag". In the past [[spoiler: a drunk patron at the drag bar who called her this during her performance leads her to lash out and violently kick him in the face. This incident lead to her homelessness, as she believes she wouldn't be welcomed back to the bar for hurting a customer.]]

* CallingParentsByTheirName: She calls her religious mother by her first name, which leaves Hana shocked at Miyuki's lack of respect. She does call her father "dad", though.

* TheRunaway: She ran away from home after stabbing her father during an argument. She misses home but also freaks out at the thought of her father tracking her. [[spoiler: Reuniting father and daughter is the last miracle-coincidence in the movie.]]

* IWasQuiteTheLooker: A flashback to her days as a drag queen reveal that a combination of age and her husband's death really did a number on her.

[[folder: The other Kiyoko]]

[[folder:Sachiko Nishizawa]]

%%zce* FatalFlaw: His alcoholism.

* ParentalAbandonment: Though not proud of it. He left his family because he really thought they'd be better off without him.