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Tonari no Totoro (1988)
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Hayao Miyazaki (written by)
Release Date:
16 April 1988 (Japan)
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When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby. full summary | full synopsis
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Sick Mother
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5 wins
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1 nomination
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This is the movie I watch to restore my faith in humanity
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Noriko Hidaka | ... | Satsuki (voice) |
| Chika Sakamoto | ... | Mei (voice) |
| Shigesato Itoi | ... | Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice) |
| Sumi Shimamoto | ... | Yasuko Kusakabe (voice) |
| Tanie Kitabayashi | ... | Kanta no obâsan (voice) |
| Hitoshi Takagi | ... | Totoro (voice) |
| Yûko Maruyama | ... | Kanta no okâsan (voice) |
| Machiko Washio | ... | Teacher (voice) |
| Reiko Suzuki | ... | Furoi on'na no hito (voice) |
| Masashi Hirose | ... | Kanta no otôsan (voice) |
| Toshiyuki Amagasa | ... | Kanta (voice) |
| Shigeru Chiba | ... | Kusakari-Otoko (voice) |
| Naoki Tatsuta | ... | (voice) |
| Tarako | ... | (voice) |
| Tomohiro Nishimura | ... | (voice) |
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86 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
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Sweden:Btl |
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The soot sprites also appear in Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001).
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Revealing mistakes: When the father droves with his daughters on bike down a hill, on the road they drive are stones and parts of wood, but the bike doesn't shake.
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Referenced in Mimi wo sumaseba (1995)
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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.