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Tonari no Totoro
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Director:
Writer:
Hayao Miyazaki (written by)
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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
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This is the movie I watch to restore my faith in humanity more (200 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 ... Sensei (voice)
Reiko Suzuki ... Rôba (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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Also Known As:
My Neighbor Totoro (USA)
My Neighbour Totoro (UK)
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86 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The names of the two girls, Satsuki and Mei are a play on the word May. "Satsuki" is an old Japanese word for May, and "Mei" is the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "May". more
Goofs:
Continuity: The color of the umbrella handle that Kanta offers Satsuki changes. more
Quotes:
Tatsuo Kusakabe: Trees and people used to be good friends. I saw that tree and decided to buy the house. Hope Mom likes it too. Okay, let's pay our respects then get home for lunch. more
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Referenced in Yellow Sticky Notes (2007) more

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70 out of 78 people found the following review useful.
This is the movie I watch to restore my faith in humanity, 29 September 2004
10/10
Author: burgan6203 from Bozeman, MT, USA

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.

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