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Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond
Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond

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AnimationFantasyDrama

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Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted with Yorie Tsumura, a woman in the memories of a Yokai whose name he had returned. Yorie knew much about Reiko, but now lived a peaceful life with her only son, Mukuo. Being with this family was comforting for Natsume, but apparently a mysterious Yokai has been lurking in their town. On the way back from investigating, a “Yokai seed” that had latched itself to Nyanko Sensei drops into the Fujiwaras’ garden and grows overnight into a fruit tree. When Nyanko Sensei eats a fruit that is somehow shaped like himself, he suddenly splits into three!

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$17473797

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

29 September 2018

Country

Japan

Cast

Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Takashi Natsume (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)

Kazuma Horie

Kazuma Horie

Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

Satoru Nishimura (voice)

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Hisayoshi Suganuma

Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)

Rina Sato

Rina Sato

Tooru Taki (voice)

Akemi Okamura

Akemi Okamura

Hinoe (voice)

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Shuichi Natori (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Reiko Natsume (voice)

Miki Ito

Miki Ito

Touko Fujiwara (voice)

Eiji Itoh

Eiji Itoh

Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Miyuki Sawashiro

Jun Sasada (voice)

Satsuki Yukino

Satsuki Yukino

Hiiragi (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Sasago (voice)

Higuchi Akari

Higuchi Akari

Urihime (voice)

Takaya Kuroda

Takaya Kuroda

Misuzu (voice)

Cho

Cho

Chobi-hige (voice)

Takashi Matsuyama

Takashi Matsuyama

Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Hiroshi Shimozaki

Hiroshi Shimozaki

Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)

Kyoko Chikiri

Kyoko Chikiri

Kappa (voice)

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Mukuo Tsumura (voice)

Ayumu Murase

Ayumu Murase

Daisuke Yuuki (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Sumi Shimamoto

Yorie Tsumura (voice)

Mizuki Nishimura

Mizuki Nishimura

Six-arm Youkai (voice)

Eiji Kotoge

Eiji Kotoge

Monmonbou (voice)

Ayako Mitani

Ayako Mitani

Girl (voice)

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