An anthology of three original shorts written and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (“Kanîni & Kanîno”), Yoshiyuki Momose (“Life Ain’t Gonna Lose”) and Akihiko Yamashita (“Invisible”).
This three-part Japanese animated anthology film is produced by Studio Ponoc and is the first volume in the studio’s Ponoc Short Films Theatre anthology.
- Starring : Maggie Q / Todd Haberkorn / Fumino Kimura
- Genre : Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy
- Country : Japan
- Language : Japanese / English
- Director : Yoshiyuki Momose / Akihiko Yamashita / Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Production : Dentsu / Nippon Television Network (NTV) / Studio Ponoc
- Distributor : Toho / Fathom Events / GKIDS / Walt Disney Studios Japan
Modest Heroes movie
[ref: GKIDS Films]
Modest Heroes release date
- August 24, 2018 : Japan
- October 20, 2018 : USA (English version) (Animation Is Film Festival) (premiere)
- January 10, 2019 : USA (limited) (Japanese version)
- January 12, 2019 : USA (limited) (English version)
Modest Heroes cast
- Maggie Q as Mom (segment “Life Ain’t Gonna Lose”)(voice)
- Todd Haberkorn as Doctor (segment “Life Ain’t Gonna Lose”)(voice)
- Fumino Kimura as Kanîni (segment “Kanîni & Kanîno”)(voice)
- Rio Suzuki as Kanîno (segment “Kanîni & Kanîno”)(voice)
- Henry Kaufman as Shun (segment “Life Ain’t Gonna Lose”)(voice)
- Kentarô Sakaguchi as Papa (segment “Samurai eggu”) / Isha (segment “Samurai eggu”)(voice)
- Joe Odagiri as Tômei ningen (segment “Tômei ningen”)(voice)
- Min Tanaka as Mômoku no otoko (segment “Tômei ningen”)(voice)
- Liam O’Brien as The Invisible Man (segment “Invisible”)(voice)
- Machiko Ono as Mama (segment “Samurai eggu”)(voice)
- Sôta Shinohara as Shun (segment “Samurai eggu”)(voice)
- Mick Wingert as The Old Man (segment “Invisible”)(voice)