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My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

He's your friendly neighbourhood forest spirit!

19888.11h 26m

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.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Written by Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by Tooru Hara, Toshio Suzuki
Box OfficeBudget: $3.7MRevenue: $41.0M

Top Cast

Noriko Hidaka

Noriko Hidaka

Satsuki Kusakabe (voice)

Chika Sakamoto

Chika Sakamoto

Mei Kusakabe (voice)

Hitoshi Takagi

Hitoshi Takagi

Totoro (voice)

Shigesato Itoi

Shigesato Itoi

Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Sumi Shimamoto

Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Granny (voice)

Toshiyuki Amagasa

Toshiyuki Amagasa

Kanta Ogaki (voice)

Yuko Maruyama

Yuko Maruyama

Kanta's Mother (voice)

Masashi Hirose

Masashi Hirose

Kanta's Father (voice)

Reiko Suzuki

Reiko Suzuki

Kanta's Aunt (voice)

Themes & Keywords

mothersibling relationshipvillageleaverural areahospitalnew neighbornew homesuper powermagical creatureanime

About My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro is a fantasy, animation, family film released in 1988 exploring themes of mother, sibling relationship, village, leave, rural area, hospital. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, it stars Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi. 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.

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