New English Dub Revealed for Classic Film “Tokyo Godfathers”, 4K Restored-Version Set to Screen in US

American distributor GKIDS has recently revealed an all-new English dub for the Satoshi Kon classic Tokyo Godfathers. Check out the trailer here!

The English dub cast are:

·        Jon Avner as Gin

·        Victoria Grace as Miyuki

·        Shakina Nayfack as Hana

·        Kate Bornstein as Mother

·        Crispin Freeman as Miyuki’s Father

·        David Manis as Old Man

·        Jamieson Price as Oota

·        Kirk Thornton as Yasuo

GKIDS and Fathom Events will be holding special screenings of the film in 4K resolution in different theaters in the United States. The film will be screened with English subtitles on March 9, while the new English dub will be screened on March 11. Both screenings will be held at 19:00 local time.

GKIDS describes the film’s story as such:

“In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents. Along the way, encounters with seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future, together.”

Tokyo Godfathers premiered in Japan in 2003, with Columbia Tristar distributing the film in US theaters that same year. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2004. It is directed by famed director Satoshi Kon, known for his other works like Perfect Blue (1997) and Paprika (2006). Tokyo Godfathers was loosely based on the novel Three Godfathers written by Peter B. Kyne. Kon also wrote the script for the film, along with Keiko Nobumoto. Nobumoto is most known as the head scriptwriter of Cowboy Bebop.

The film won the Excellence Prize at the 2003 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Source: Anime News Network