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
A phenomenally, enchantingly crafted piece of animation that will restore your faith in just about anything. Take a look at a world through the eyes of two young girls, Satsuki and Mei who are both desperately missing their hospitalised mother and coming to terms with it in their own unique way and, with a bit of help, from some interesting friends they find in their neighbourhood. As honest as the day is long, there's something in here for everyone if you can find a way to open your mind to it.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Mi vecino Totoro
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $3,700,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,250,213
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $539,245
- Sep 30, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $30,336,282
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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