

Natsume's Book of Friends: Ephemeral Bond
Genres
Overview
The movie of Natsume's Book of Friends series. 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!
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$17473797
Runtime
104 min
Release Date
2018-09-29
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
26
Vote Average
7.385
Hiroshi Kamiya
Takashi Natsume (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Nyanko-sensei / Madara (voice)
Kazuma Horie
Kaname Tanuma (voice)
Ryohei Kimura
Satoru Nishimura (voice)
Hisayoshi Suganuma
Atsushi Kitamoto (voice)
Rina Sato
Tooru Taki (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Hinoe (voice)
Akira Ishida
Shuichi Natori (voice)
Sanae Kobayashi
Reiko Natsume (voice)
Miki Ito
Touko Fujiwara (voice)
Eiji Itoh
Shigeru Fujiwara (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Jun Sasada (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Hiiragi (voice)
Ayako Kawasumi
Sasago (voice)
Higuchi Akari
Urihime (voice)
Takaya Kuroda
Misuzu (voice)
Cho
Chobi-hige (voice)
Takashi Matsuyama
Hitotsume no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)
Hiroshi Shimozaki
Ushikao no Chuukyuu Youkai (voice)
Kyoko Chikiri
Kappa (voice)
Kengo Kora
Mukuo Tsumura (voice)
Ayumu Murase
Daisuke Yuuki (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto
Yorie Tsumura (voice)
Mizuki Nishimura
Six-arm Youkai (voice)
Eiji Kotoge
Monmonbou (voice)
Ayako Mitani
Girl (voice)
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