With the TV series out this past spring in Japan for Wakaokami wa Shogakusei, which didn’t get a simulcast pickup, the film tied to it opened on September 21st, 2018 with the name Okko’s Inn. Now, GKIDS has revealed that they’ve picked up the rights to the film with a theatrical release in the planning stages as well as an English language dub so they can work the pattern of presenting both on different nights. No cast or dates have been set yet.
Kitaro Kousaka directed this with Reiko Yoshida handling the screenplay. Animation Production is handled by DLE and Madhouse.
The Japanese cast includes Seiran Kobayashi as Oriko “Okko” Seki, Etsuko Kozakura as Suzuki, Masaki Terasoma as Kōnosuke “Kō-san” Minoda, Nana Mizuki as Matsuki Akino, Satsumi Matsuda as Makoto “Uri-bō” Tachiuri, Teiyu Ichiryusai as Etsuko Tajima, and Youko Asagami as Mineko Seki.
Plot Concept: After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko starts living with her grandmother in the countryside who runs a hot-spring ryokan – traditional Japanese inn. There, the young girl can somehow see friendly ghosts who help her get used to the ryokan life, and she becomes the apprentice as its future proprietress after her grandmother.
