Natsume's Book of Friends

When Natsume Takashi inherits a book that belonged to his late grandmother he realizes the book is filled with the names of spirits she defeated and bound to her will. He then decides to return their names so they can be free once again.

Natsume's Book of Friends is a 2008 drama mystery movie, starring Kazuhiko Inoue, Hiroshi Kamiya, Christopher Wehkamp. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.1/10 from 3,283 votes and runs 24m.