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.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 2 nominations
Hitoshi Takagi
- Totoro
- (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
- Satsuki
- (voice)
Chika Sakamoto
- Mei
- (voice)
Tanie Kitabayashi
- Granny
- (voice)
Machiko Washio
- School teacher
- (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)
Chie Kôjiro
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Chie Koujiro)
Daiki Nakamura
- Man on Tractor
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsWhen 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 creditsDrawings 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 versionsThe 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)
Featured review
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 !
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 !
- ghostofdaniel
- Aug 17, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Mi vecino Totoro
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,700,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,250,213
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $539,245
- Sep 30, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $30,334,111
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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