My Neighbor Totoro

Original title: Tonari no Totoro

1988
G
1h 26m

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8.1/10

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Anime Hand-Drawn Animation Iyashikei Animation Comedy Family Fantasy

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.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

396K

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POPULARITY

1,320

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Top rated movie #182

Awards
- 5 wins & 2 nominations total

Totoro
(voice)

Noriko Hidaka

Satsuki
(voice)

Chika Sakamoto

Mei
(voice)

Shigesato Itoi

Tatsuo Kusakabe
(voice)

Sumi Shimamoto

Yasuko Kusakabe
(voice)

Tanie Kitabayashi

Granny
(voice)

Hiroko 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

Kusakari-Otoko
(voice)

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)

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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, as she was hospitalized in a sanatorium (a specialized hospital for tuberculosis patients and usually located in the countryside), which caused the whole family to move to the countryside. 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!" had the latter phrase removed in the Streamline Pictures English dub. It was deemed to be "Inpolitically correct" by the company.

Connections
Edited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)

Soundtracks
Tonari no Totoro
("My Neighbor Totoro")
Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki
Composed by Joe Hisaishi

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Featured review

10/10

This is a great film!

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.