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O Meu Vizinho Totoro (1988)

Tonari no Totoro (original title)
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When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

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Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:

Hayao Miyazaki
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Noriko Hidaka Noriko Hidaka ... Satsuki (voice)
Chika Sakamoto Chika Sakamoto ... Mei (voice)
Shigesato Itoi Shigesato Itoi ... Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto ... Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)
Tanie Kitabayashi Tanie Kitabayashi ... Granny (voice)
Hitoshi Takagi Hitoshi Takagi ... Totoro (voice)
Yûko Maruyama Yûko Maruyama ... Kanta's Mother (voice)
Machiko Washio Machiko Washio ... Sensei (voice)
Reiko Suzuki Reiko Suzuki ... Rôba (voice)
Masashi Hirose Masashi Hirose ... Kanta's Father (voice)
Toshiyuki Amagasa Toshiyuki Amagasa ... Kanta (voice)
Shigeru Chiba ... Kusakari-Otoko (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta ... Cat Bus / Additional Voices (voice)
Tarako Tarako ... Additional Voices (voice)
Tomohiro Nishimura Tomohiro Nishimura ... Postal Messanger (voice)
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Storyline

Two young girls, 10-year-old Satsuki and her 4-year-old sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures. Written by Christopher E. Meadows <cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu>

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

16 April 1988 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

O Meu Vizinho Totoro See more »

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Box Office

Budget:

$3,700,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$539,245, 30 September 2018

Gross USA:

$2,250,213

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$30,476,708
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Stereo)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

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

Goofs

When Mei is walking around with corn, a goat walks up and bears its large teeth. The goat shows a full set of upper and lower teeth. This is a mistake as goats do not have upper teeth. See more »

Quotes

Satsuki: You're such a baby! Just grow up!
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Crazy Credits

Drawings in the closing credits show the mother returning home in a taxi and having a bath with Satsuki and Mei. There is also the appearance of a baby dressed in blue, perhaps a younger sibling (brother?) for the girls. See more »

Alternate Versions

In the alternate 2005 Disney version of 'My Neighbor Totoro' the Fox studios voice actors and actress including Cheryl Chase, Lisa Michelson have been completely replaced with Disney voice actors and actress including Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning. Also the opening and closing songs are sung by Sonya Isaacs in the Disney version. Also gone are the strangers talking back to Mei and Satsuki (this is to make it truer to the Japanese version), The elderly woman who was called Nanny is now called Granny in the Disney version. Also the Disney version has a wide-screen whereas the Fox studio version had a full screen version. See more »


Soundtracks

Tonari no Totoro
("My Neighbor Totoro")
Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki
Composed by Joe Hisaishi
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This is a great film!
1 January 2005 | by SpectravideoSee all my reviews

There is no compulsory villain in this wonderfully animated film, no moral lessons, no standard blue print story, and the characters will definitely not break out in a song. Thank God! It's simply a great film for all ages. Don't mind if the soundtrack isn't dubbed to your native language, my kids (4 and 6 years old) could easily follow the story with just a few helpers. Japanese is a wonderful language. The film has great direction, beautiful backgrounds and a mystical, pleasant aura throughout. There's nothing like this, I promise you. It's idyllic, for the most part, but still with an exciting story that unfolds into something very unexpected.


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