The official website of the Kusunoki no Bannin (The Keeper of the Camphor Tree) anime movie revealed additional cast on Friday. The anime movie adapting Keigo Higashino's fantasy novel is scheduled to premiere in Japanese theatres on January 30, 2026.

Cast
Kenjirou Tsuda (Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu)
Tomokazu Sugita (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
Taku Yashiro (Fumetsu no Anata e)
Reina Ueda (Sousou no Frieren)
Nobuo Tobita (Hunter x Hunter (2011))

Tomohiko Itou (Boku dake ga Inai Machi) is directing the movie at A-1 Pictures and Psyde Kick Studio. Taku Kishimoto (Magi: Sinbad no Bouken (TV)) is penning the script. Ayako Itagaki (Mashle animation director) and Tsubasa Yamaguchi (Blue Period) are designing the characters. Yuugo Kanno (Grancrest Senki) is composing the music.

Jisugyou no Nihonsha published the novel in hardcover and paperback in March 2020 and April 2023, respectively.

Source: Comic Natalie