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Tonari no Totoro

  • 19881988
  • 66
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
338K
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POPULARITY
2,165
143
Cheryl Chase, Dakota Fanning, Noriko Hidaka, Lisa Michelson, Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Frank Welker, and Elle Fanning in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
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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.When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

IMDb RATING
8.1/10
338K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,165
143
  • Director
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writer
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Stars
    • Hitoshi Takagi(voice)
    • Noriko Hidaka(voice)
    • Chika Sakamoto(voice)
  • Director
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writer
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Stars
    • Hitoshi Takagi(voice)
    • Noriko Hidaka(voice)
    • Chika Sakamoto(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 560User reviews
    • 148Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #172
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 2 nominations

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    Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Chika Sakamoto in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Chika Sakamoto and Hitoshi Takagi in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka and Hitoshi Takagi in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka and Chika Sakamoto in Tonari no Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka and Chika Sakamoto in Tonari no Totoro (1988)

    Top cast

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    Hitoshi Takagi
    • Totoro
    • (voice)
    Noriko Hidaka
    • Satsuki
    • (voice)
    Chika Sakamoto
    • Mei
    • (voice)
    Shigesato Itoi
    • Tatsuo Kusakabe
    • (voice)
    Sumi Shimamoto
    Sumi Shimamoto
    • Yasuko Kusakabe
    • (voice)
    Tanie Kitabayashi
    Tanie Kitabayashi
    • Granny
    • (voice)
    Yûko Maruyama
    • Kanta's Mother
    • (voice)
    Machiko Washio
    • School teacher
    • (voice)
    Reiko Suzuki
    • Originator grandma
    • (voice)
    Masashi Hirose
    • Kanta's Father
    • (voice)
    Toshiyuki Amagasa
    • Kanta
    • (voice)
    Shigeru Chiba
    Shigeru Chiba
    • Kusakari-Otoko
    • (voice)
    Naoki Tatsuta
    Naoki Tatsuta
    • Cat Bus
    • (voice)
    • …
    Tarako
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Tomohiro Nishimura
    • Postal Messanger
    • (voice)
    Mitsuko Ishida
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Chie Kôjiro
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    • (as Chie Koujiro)
    Daiki Nakamura
    • Man on Tractor
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Writer
      • Hayao Miyazaki
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film is partially autobiographical. When Hayao Miyazaki and his brothers were children, his mother suffered from spinal tuberculosis for nine years, and spent much of her time hospitalized. It is implied, yet never revealed in the film, that Satsuki and Mei's mother also suffers from tuberculosis. He once said the film would have been too painful for him to make if the two protagonists were boys instead of girls.
    • 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.
    • 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.

    • 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.
    • Alternate versions
      The humorous line spoken at the start of the film, "Come out! Come out! Or we'll pull your eyeballs out!" was deemed 'politically incorrect' by Fox during the making of the English dub. The line is changed to "Come out! Come out!" in the Fox-Streamline English dub.
    • Connections
      Edited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Tonari no Totoro
      ("My Neighbor Totoro")

      Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki

      Composed by Joe Hisaishi

    User reviews560

    Review
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    Featured review
    9/10
    A kids movie?
    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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    • jmjolnir
    • Nov 25, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 2020 (Netherlands)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official Site (Japan)
      • Official Site (United States)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • My Neighbor Totoro
    • Production companies
      • Tokuma Japan Communications
      • Studio Ghibli
      • Nibariki
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,700,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,250,213
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $539,245
      • Sep 30, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $30,574,632
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo

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