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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

G04/16/1988Fantasy, Animation, Family1h 26m
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He's your friendly neighbourhood forest spirit!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Noriko Hidaka

    Satsuki Kusakabe (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Chika Sakamoto

    Mei Kusakabe (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Hitoshi Takagi

    Totoro (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    Shigesato Itoi

    Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Sumi Shimamoto

    Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)

  6. Cast 1

    Tanie Kitabayashi

    Granny (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    Toshiyuki Amagasa

    Kanta Ogaki (voice)

  8. Cast 1

    Yuko Maruyama

    Kanta's Mother (voice)

  9. Cast 1

    Masashi Hirose

    Kanta's Father (voice)

**"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 innoc...

Status Released

Original LanguageJapanese 

Budget$3,700,000.00

Revenue $41,000,000.00

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