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My Neighbor Totoro
(1988)
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Cast
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Toshiyuki Amagasa | ... |
Kanta
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Kanta
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Nanny
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Mei (Troma version)
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Shigeru Chiba | ... |
Kusakari-Otoko
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Lara Cody | ... |
Farm Girl (Troma version)
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Natalie Core | ... |
Nanny (Troma version)
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Professor Kusakabe
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| Dakota Fanning | ... |
Satsuki (2005 Disney version)
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Kenneth Hartman | ... |
Kanta (Troma version)
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Noriko Hidaka | ... |
Satsuki
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Akiko Hiramatsu | ... |
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Masashi Hirose | ... |
Kanta no otôsan
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Shigesato Itoi | ... |
Tatsuo Kusakabe
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Two young girls, Satsuki and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures. Written by Christopher E. Meadows <cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu>
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Country:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseRelease Date:
16 April 1988 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
My Neighbor Totoro See more »Company Credits
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("My Neighbor Totoro")
Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki
Composed by Joe Hisaishi
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The film is partially autobiographical. When Hayao Miyazaki and his brothers were children, his mother suffered from spinal tuberculosis for nine years, and spent much of her time hospitalized. It is implied, yet never revealed in the film, that Satsuki and Mei's mother also suffers from tuberculosis. He once said the film would have been too painful for him to make if the two protagonists were boys instead of girls. See more »Goofs
When Satsuki and Mei are waiting for the bus in the rain, the bus stop sign reads 'Maezawa-gyo' in some scenes while in other scenes the sign reads 'Shichikokuyama-gyo'. See more »Crazy Credits
The ending sequence has animation of Totoro and some of the characters from the film walking. See more »Soundtracks
"Tonari no Totoro"("My Neighbor Totoro")
Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki
Composed by Joe Hisaishi
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I first saw "My Neighbor Totoro" when I was maybe seven.At the time, I thought that it was really boring(that was still when I liked Disney movies). Years later, when I discovered "Princess Mononoke" I learned that MNT was by the same director and watched it again. And I find that I appreciate this film a whole lot more now then I did when I was seven.
The animation is absolutely stunning(as with all Miyazaki films)and the story is deceptively simple, told with patient, subtle attention to detail. The best example IMO is the scene where Mei falls asleep on Totoro's stomach.It's fruitless to try and describe it;you have to see it for yourself.
In closing, I would just like to say that I can't wait for a decent DVD to arrive so I can view this quiet masterpiece in widescreen in Japanese with subtitles.