DENVER, Jan. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GKIDS, the
acclaimed distributor of multiple Academy
Award®-nominated animated features, and Fathom Events
announced today that "Tokyo Godfathers," the
critically-acclaimed animated feature from director Satoshi Kon ("Perfect Blue,"
"Paprika"), will return to theaters in a new 4K restoration this March. GKIDS previously
re-released a remastered version of Satoshi
Kon's groundbreaking psychological thriller "Perfect
Blue" in 2018 in partnership with Fathom Events.
ASIFA-Hollywood recently announced that Kon would posthumously
receive the Winsor McCay Award, the
organization's award for lifetime achievement in animation, at
their upcoming 2020 Annie Awards ceremony, and a new stage play
based on "Tokyo Godfathers" has just been announced by
the New National Theatre, Tokyo,
to be performed during the theater's 2020-21 season.
Beginning on Friday, January 31
tickets for "Tokyo Godfathers" will be available at
www.FathomEvents.com, www.TokyoGodfathersMovie.com and
participating theater box offices.
GKIDS and Fathom Events will present "Tokyo Godfathers"
in select movie theaters across the U.S. on Monday, March 9 at 7:00
p.m. (local time, English-language subtitled) and
Wednesday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m. (local time, English-language dubbed).
For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events
website (theaters and participants are subject to
change).
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.
"We are pleased to partner with GKIDS to bring this wonderful
re-release to American cinemas," said Fathom Events CEO
Ray Nutt. "Anime fans nationwide
will once again be able to enjoy the brilliant work of Satoshi Kon in their local theaters among
likeminded audiences."
For artwork/photos related to "Tokyo Godfathers" visit the
Fathom Events press site or GKIDS press site.
About Fathom Events
Fathom Events is the leading event
cinema distributor with theater locations in all top 100 DMAs®
(Designated Market Areas) and ranks as one of the largest overall
theater content distributors. Owned by AMC Entertainment Inc.
(NYSE: AMC); Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK); and Regal
Cinemas, a subsidiary of the Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L), Fathom
Events offers a variety of unique entertainment events in movie
theaters such as live performances of the Metropolitan Opera, top
Broadway stage productions, major sporting events, epic concerts,
the yearlong TCM Big Screen Classics series, inspirational events
and popular anime franchises. Fathom Events takes audiences behind
the scenes for unique extras including audience Q&As, backstage
footage and interviews with cast and crew, creating the ultimate
VIP experience. Fathom Events' live Digital Broadcast Network
("DBN") is the largest cinema broadcast network in North America, bringing live and pre-recorded
events to 1,010 locations and 1,628 screens in 182 DMAs. The
company also provides corporations a compelling national footprint
for hosting employee meetings, customer rewards events and new
product launches. For more information, visit
www.FathomEvents.com.
About GKIDS
GKIDS is a producer and distributor of
award-winning feature animation for both adult and family
audiences. Since 2010, the company has scored an astounding 11 Best
Animated Feature Oscar nominations with The Secret of Kells
in 2010, A Cat in Paris and
Chico & Rita in 2012, Ernest & Celestine in
2014, The Tale of The Princess Kaguya and Song of the
Sea in 2015, Boy and the World and When Marnie Was
There in 2016, My Life as a
Zucchini in 2017, The Breadwinner in 2018, and
Mirai in 2019. GKIDS also handles North American
distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films, one of
the world's most coveted animation collections with titles
Spirited Away, My Neighbor
Totoro, Princess Mononoke and others. GKIDS also
produces the annual LA-based film festival, ANIMATION IS FILM,
which embraces the highest aspirations of animation as a cinematic
art form and is a vocal advocate for filmmakers who push the
boundaries of their work to the fullest range of expression of
which medium is capable. www.gkids.com
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