A new teaser trailer for the theatrical anime film of Keigo Higashino’s The Keeper of the Camphor Tree (Kusunoki no Bannin, or The Camphorwood Custodian) novel was released ahead of the film’s January 30, 2026 premiere in Japan. A new visual was released, alongside confirmation of three new cast members.
The new cast members include:
- Asuka Saito as Yumi Saji
- Ryubi Miyase as Soki Oba
- Takao Osawa as Toshiaki Saji
The main cast includes Fumiya Takahashi as Reito Naoi and Yūki Amami as Chifune Yanagisawa.
Tomohiko Ito directs the film at A-1 Pictures and Psyde Kick Studio. Taku Kishimoto writes the film’s script, and Tsubasa Yamaguchi and Akiko Itagaki are the character designers. Hiroshi Takiguchi serves as art director.
Lastly, here’s an overview, via MyAnimeList:
If you knew you didn’t have long to live, who would you tell? What would you say? And how would you deliver the message?
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree starts with Reito Naoi, a man in his early 20s, being unjustly fired from his job. Enraged and fueled by feelings of revenge, he tries to steal a valuable device from his workplace, but things don’t go to plan, and he ends up arrested.
In jail, Reito is paid an unexpected visit by a lawyer who offers to arrange for his release, if he complies with the wishes of the lawyer’s client. Seeing no alternative, Reito accepts and soon discovers that the lawyer’s client is his aunt.
When Reito tells her that he has no plans for the future, she gives him an order: “What I want you to do is to guard a camphor tree.” And thus begins Reito’s custodianship of a camphor tree standing on the grounds of a shrine—a camphor tree with a mysterious legend associated with it.
