Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor

52 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | Jan. 16, 2021

The film will be made up of two stories: "Ishi Okoshi" and "Ayashiki Raihousha." In "Ishi Okoshi," Natsume meets a small youkai called Mitsumi in a forest. Mitsumi is entrusted to wake up the divine youkai "Iwatetsu" from its deep slumber. Mitsumi weighs on Natsume's mind, so he sets out to help Mitsumi with his task. In "Ayashiki Raihousha," a mysterious visitor appears in front of Tanuma. Nearly every day, the visitor visits Tanuma, talks to him a little, and then leaves. Natsume, who knows the visitor is a youkai, worries for Tanuma, but Tanuma enjoys these exchanges with the youkai. The youkai means no harm, but Tanuma's health slowly starts to deteriorate.

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor

52 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | Jan. 16, 2021

Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor
The film will be made up of two stories: "Ishi Okoshi" and "Ayashiki Raihousha." In "Ishi Okoshi," Natsume meets a small youkai called Mitsumi in a forest. Mitsumi is entrusted to wake up the divine youkai "Iwatetsu" from its deep slumber. Mitsumi weighs on Natsume's mind, so he sets out to help Mitsumi with his task. In "Ayashiki Raihousha," a mysterious visitor appears in front of Tanuma. Nearly every day, the visitor visits Tanuma, talks to him a little, and then leaves. Natsume, who knows the visitor is a youkai, worries for Tanuma, but Tanuma enjoys these exchanges with the youkai. The youkai means no harm, but Tanuma's health slowly starts to deteriorate.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Shuka
Original title 夏目友人帳 石起こしと怪しき来訪者
Directors Miyuki Ooshiro, Hideki Ito
Writers Yuki Midorikawa, Takahiro Omori, Sadayuki Murai

Cast

Hiroshi Kamiya

as Takashi Natsume (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

as Nyanko-sensei, Madara (voice)

Kazuma Horie

as Kaname Tanuma (voice)

Takaya Kuroda

as Misuzu (voice)

Akemi Okamura

as Hinoe (voice)

Cho

as Chobihige (voice)

Hisako Kanemoto

as Mitsumi (voice)