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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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Plot:
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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Forest Spirit
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Sick Mother
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5 wins
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1 nomination
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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) |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
South Korea:All |
Germany:o.Al. |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
France:U |
Hong Kong:I |
UK:U |
USA:G |
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During the 2005 World Expo in Japan, a classic Japanese house modeled after Satsuki and Mei's house, was built and opened to the public.
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Continuity: When Mei and Satsuki are running back home from school because of the rain, Mei trips and there is mud on her skirt. After a few scenes, her skirt does not have the mud.
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Referenced in Mimi wo sumaseba (1995)
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Picture if you will, a 27 year old male, scanning through his dvd collection, trying to figure out what to watch, on a boring night at home. Suddenly, he stops at My Neighbor Totoro and smiles. Well, that's a pretty typical happenning around the house here.
Miyazaki created a true masterpiece with this film. It has everything a person, of any age, could want. There are points that it is hilarious, a few points where it makes one slightly nervous, the animation is outstanding (as with all Miyazaki films), and aside from lacking a little bit in plot (what movie doesn't nowadays?), the story is wonderful.
One of the things that makes this film shine, at least for me, is that there is absolutely no antagonist role. No bad guy whatsoever, and only a genius like Miyazaki could pull that off.
Is this a childrens movie? Yes, of course it is. Is it a movie only for children? Well... maybe for the inner child inside all of us. There's humour in this movie that the young will laugh at, and there's a bit of humour in the movie that only adults will fully catch and appreciate, without it being "adult humour".
I would reccommend, and have reccommended this film to anyone that would listen.
Thank you again Miyazaki Sensei.