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Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   23,055 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
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Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
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(11 articles)
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User Comments:
A kids movie? more

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: Some of the whiskers on Mei's drawing of Totoro vanish in a wide view. more
Quotes:
Satsuki, Mei Kusakabe: Come out, come out, whereever you are! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008) more

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95 out of 99 people found the following comment useful:-
A kids movie?, 25 November 2003
9/10
Author: jmjolnir

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.

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