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Naapurini Totoro

Original title: Tonari no Totoro
  • 19881988
  • K-3K-3
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
335K
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POPULARITY
2,280
161
Cheryl Chase, Dakota Fanning, Noriko Hidaka, Lisa Michelson, Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Frank Welker, and Elle Fanning in Naapurini 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
335K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,280
161
  • Director
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writer
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Stars
    • Hitoshi Takagi(voice)
    • Noriko Hidaka(voice)
    • Chika Sakamoto(voice)
Top credits
  • 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

    Videos4

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    Trailer 0:31
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    Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Chika Sakamoto in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Chika Sakamoto and Hitoshi Takagi in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka and Hitoshi Takagi in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka and Chika Sakamoto in Naapurini Totoro (1988)
    Noriko Hidaka and Chika Sakamoto in Naapurini 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

    Storyline

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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
    10/10
    The cutest movie I ever saw !
    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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    • ghostofdaniel
    • Aug 18, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 29, 2006 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official Site (Japan)
      • Official Site (United States)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Min granne 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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