Toshiyuki Amagasa

Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father died. Her worried grandfather advises her to send her mother to a sanatorium and be adopted by him, although she refuses to accept. On the Buddhist All Soul’s Day Festival in August, a messenger from her grandfather pays a sudden visit to her house.

Quando duas raparigas se mudam para o campo para estarem perto da sua mãe em convalescença, passam por aventuras com os fantásticos espíritos da floresta que vivem ali perto.