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My Neighbor Totoro

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Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1988-04-16

Runtime: 86 mins

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Spoken language: 日本語

Genres: Fantasy, Animation, Family

Original title: My Neighbor Totoro

Production Companies: Studio Ghibli, Nibariki, Tokuma Shoten

Production Countries: Japan

Cast

Satsuki Kusakabe (voice)

Noriko Hidaka

Mei Kusakabe (voice)

Chika Sakamoto

Totoro (voice)

Hitoshi Takagi

Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)

Shigesato Itoi

Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Granny (voice)

Tanie Kitabayashi

Kanta Ogaki (voice)

Toshiyuki Amagasa

Kanta's Mother (voice)

Yuko Maruyama

Kanta's Father (voice)

Masashi Hirose

Reiko Suzuki

Machiko Washio

Naoki Tatsuta

Tomohiro Nishimura

Chie Koujiro

Reviews

ARGMAN

cute & sweet. that's it

2024-03-04

r96sk

Aggressively cute. <em>'My Neighbor Totoro'</em> holds an extremely hearty story, one told via impeccably beautiful animation. Noriko Hidaka and Chika Sakamoto standout as Satsuki and Mei, the relationship between those two characters is so sweet. They do get a bit shouty in parts which ever so slightly irritates, but that's definitely one to file under 'nit-picking'. A simple movie, one which displays the imagination of children perfectly. Big fan of the Catbus. 🐱

2024-01-27

20thCentury

(SPOILER ALERT) I was delighted to see this subtle/multi-layered tale unfold, which seemed to play well to both a childhood audience, keen on likable characters/compelling imagination, and adults with a deeper appreciation for the symbolic backstory. Like most of Miyazaki's films, there was an enormous focus on the power of the natural world. Whenever man perverts the natural world, the natural world seems to pushback. It appears as though the seldom seen Mother in the story is sick due to some mental/physical disconnect that she has likely had with the natural world. Through the unique power of children to tap into their imagination, especially children living outside the city and amongst nature, Miyazaki demonstrates the unique gift that children have to re-establish the lost bond between unhealthy adults and the healing power of the natural world. I was thoroughly impressed with how delicately Miyazaki established this bond between the two children, their imagination, and the natural world. Totoro, the lovable silent giant, is a great and unexpected metaphor for the healing power of the natural world and childhood imagination :)

2020-07-20

sykobanana

**"Childhood" in a movie.** This is just perfection - a perfect way to while away time and reconnect with your youth. Everything is outstanding in this film, but especially the way it can emote your sense of wonder and imagination. I wish I could have watched this as a child, I would have wanted to find Totoro and the Catbus, roar like Totoro, or sleep on his belly. Oh well...I will just have to imagine it. Its interesting to note this was released with Grave of the Fireflies, another Ghibli masterpiece, which I have summed up as being about innocence lost. **This movie is innocence maintained.**

2020-05-17

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