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Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png GHOSTBOOK: Ghost Book (2022)
See alternate titles
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Producer Hiroyasu Matsuoka et al.
Written by Takashi Yamazaki;
Hiroshi Saito (source material)
Music by Naoki Sato
Visual
effects by 		Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya
Funded by "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners
Production company ROBOT
Distributor TohoJP
Rating GJP[1]
Running time 113 minutes
(1 hour, 53 minutes)[1]
“
Don't open this book... (その本を開いてはいけない――)
„ 

— Tagline

yokaipedia (GHOSTBOOK (ゴーストブック) おばけずかん,   Gōsutobukku: Obake Zukan, lit. "GHOSTBOOK: Ghost Book") is a 2022 Japanese fantasy film written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki based loosely on the Ghost Book picture book series written by Hiroshi Saito. It is funded by the "GHOSTBOOK" Film Partners (consisting of Toho, Kodansha, Shirogumi, ROBOT, Abe Shuji, Inc., Leviplus, and Co-LaVo) and produced by ROBOT. The film stars Kairi Jo, Fuga Shibazaki, Sonny McClendon, Ayaka Yoshimura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, and Yui Aragaki. Toho released it to Japanese theaters on July 22, 2022.

Description

“
Sixth grade elementary school students Kazuki, Taichi, and Sunny have a "wish" they really want to make it come true. The boys pray earnestly with their hands at the shrine. Then, suddenly, the wish-granting "Ghost Book" resonates with them and gives them a test. Guided by the magic of the Ghost Book, the boys and their homeroom teacher, Ms. Yohko, wander into a different world where ghosts live. The five try to escape from the world through trial and error. It seems that by catching the ghosts and completing the Ghost Book, their wishes will come true and they will be able to escape from this world. Thus, the five work together to challenge the scary ghosts. What are the boys' wish that they really want to make it come true?[2]
„

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Kairi Jo   as   Kazuki Sakamoto, 6th grader
  • Fuga Shibazaki   as   Taichi Kudo, Kazuki's classmate
  • Sonny McClendon   as   Sosuke Sunny Ida, Kazuki's classmate
  • Ayaka Yoshimura   as   Minato Tachibana, Kazuki's classmate
  • Ryunosuke Kamiki   as   owner of mysterious bookstore
  • Yui Aragaki   as   Yoko Hayama, substitute teacher
  • Anne Suzuki   as   Kazuki's mother[3]
  • Yuya Endo   as   Kazuki's father[3]
  • Rie Kugimiya   as   Zukanbo (voice)
  • Tomokazu Sugita   as   Yamabiko (voice)
  • Hiro Shimono   as   Ittan Momen (voice)
  • Akio Otsuka   as   Hyakume (voice)
  • Min Tanaka   as   Jizuri (voice)

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, vehicles, and races

Development

The film's title, director, primary cast, and release date were announced on November 29, 2021.[4] Rie Kugimiya was announced to have joined the cast as a voice actress on February 24, 2022,[5] followed by Anne Suzuki and Yuya Endo that June 22.[3]

Production

Principal photography on yokaipedia had wrapped by the time of its announcement on November 29, 2021.[4]

Marketing

An advertisement for the film was placed outside the under-construction Hibiya Promenade Building, depicting the characters reacting to the nearby Shin Godzilla statue with the caption "There's Godzilla!"[6]

Gallery

Main article: yokaipedia/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: yokaipedia/Soundtrack.

Alternate titles

  • GHOSTBOOK: Ghost Book (literal Japanese title)
  • GHOST BOOK (alternate English title)[2]

Foreign releases

Though yokaipedia has not yet been released in North America, an English-subtitled version of the film is available on All Nippon Airways' in-flight entertainment.[7] The fansub group ECOTVSubs released a translation of the film in 2023.[8]

Reception

James Hadfield of The Japan Times gave yokaipedia 3.5 stars out of 5, praising its monster design and Yui Aragaki's performance, but commenting that the film "doesn't pack much emotional punch."[9]

Video releases

TOHO Visual Entertainment DVD (December 21, 2022)

  • Region: 2
  • Discs: 1
  • MSRP: ¥3,800 + 380
  • Audio: Japanese
  • Special features: Trailers

TOHO Visual Entertainment Blu-ray (December 21, 2022)

  • Region: B
  • Discs: 2
  • MSRP: ¥5,800 + 580
  • Audio: Japanese
  • Special features: Trailers, behind-the-scenes featurette, live event recordings, editorial meeting special, Shirogumi tour featurette, stickers
  • Notes: All video special features except trailers are on a separate DVD.

Novelization

Main article: Novel: yokaipedia.

A novelization of yokaipedia was written by director Takashi Yamazaki and published by Kodansha on June 23, 2022.

Videos

Trailers

Trailer
Theme song trailer
Teaser trailer
Teaser trailer #2

Commercials

"Event" TV spot
"Zukanbo" web spot
"Rules of the Book" web spot

Miscellaneous

"I Wanna Be Your Ghost" music video
"I Wanna Be Your Ghost" movie music video

Trivia

  • yokaipedia contains multiple connections to Takashi Yamazaki's directorial debut, Juvenile.
    • Both of the movies' protagonists are preteen boys with the surname Sakamoto.
    • The parents of both movies' protagonists are played by Anne Suzuki and Yuya Endo.
    • Tetra, the alien robot who stars in Juvenile, makes a cameo appearance in yokaipedia.

External links

References

This is a list of references for Yokaipedia. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ゴーストブック　おばけずかん". Eiga.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "GHOST BOOK". Japanese Film Database. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "鈴木杏×遠藤雄弥「ジュブナイル」から22年越しの再共演！　「ゴーストブック　おばけずかん」城桧吏の両親役". Eiga.com. 22 June 2022.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "山崎貴監督「おばけずかん」を映画化！ 新垣結衣×神木隆之介×城桧吏らが参戦". Eiga.com. 29 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "新垣結衣＆神木隆之介、城桧吏ら子役たちに熱いメッセージ！ 「GHOSTBOOK」新予告が完成". Eiga.com. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  6. ↑ @godzilla_jp (1 July 2022). "【お知らせ】 建設中の日比谷プロムナードビル（仮称）の2Fに、映画『#ゴーストブックおばけずかん』とゴジラのコラボ広告を展開中！映画『ゴーストブック おばけずかん』は7/22(金)公開。#城桧吏 #神木隆之介 #新垣結衣 #星野源 #山崎貴". X.
  7. ↑ ANA Sky Channel (PDF) (inflight program). All Nippon Airways. November 2022. pp. 24–25.
  8. ↑ @ECOTVSubs (9 August 2023). "Book-of-Ghost is now out!". X.
  9. ↑ Hadfield, James (28 July 2022). "'Yokaipedia': Fantasy flick takes a page out of 'Harry Potter'". The Japan Times.

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