
Spirited Away(2001)
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.


“He's your friendly neighbourhood forest spirit!”
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.

Noriko Hidaka
Satsuki Kusakabe (voice)

Chika Sakamoto
Mei Kusakabe (voice)

Hitoshi Takagi
Totoro (voice)

Shigesato Itoi
Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)

Sumi Shimamoto
Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)

Tanie Kitabayashi
Granny (voice)

Toshiyuki Amagasa
Kanta Ogaki (voice)

Yuko Maruyama
Kanta's Mother (voice)

Masashi Hirose
Kanta's Father (voice)

Reiko Suzuki
Kanta's Aunt (voice)
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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