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User Rating:
8.1/10   24,680 votes
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Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:

Hayao Miyazaki (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

16 April 1988 (Japan) more

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

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(31 articles)

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User Comments:

The cutest movie I ever saw ! more (199 total)


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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Additional Details

Also Known As:

My Neighbor Totoro (USA)
My Neighbour Totoro (UK)
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Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

King Totoro is the mascot for Miyazaki's studio, Studio Ghibli. more

Goofs:

Continuity: The color of the umbrella handle that Kanta offers Satsuki changes. more

Quotes:

Mei Kusakabe: To-to-ro? You're Totoro!... I bet you're Totoro... more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tokyo Mater (2008) more


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107 out of 110 people found the following comment useful.
The cutest movie I ever saw !, 18 August 2004
10/10
Author: Daniel from Paris, France

My favorite Miyazaki's movie is "Princess Mononoke" on a graphical scale. But on a "charming scale", this one is really the best.

Even the Disney movies are not so charming than this movie. Poetic, charming, cute, I can't find the words to describe the good this movie made to me. Miyazaki brings us into the wonderlands of the children, better than "Alice in wonderland" or "Peter pan".

In fact, Miyazaki makes us loving children. In the movie, the children run, shout all time, laugh, cry, and so on. In the real world, I hate this. In normal movies I hate this too. But, here, every actions of the two little girls touch us deep in our heart. We learn to love children's world.

Every one of us will have a smile on this face, from the beginning to the end of this movie.

My favorite scene is the first encounter between Mei and Totoro. It's fun, poetic, and charming. Miyazaki succeeds to make a movie enjoyable for the very little kids (4 y.o.) and for the adult audience. It's very rare to succeed doing that !

Really, a masterpiece !

10/10 !

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