My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
Satsuki and little sister Mei move to the country in the dog days of summer with their father to be closer to the hospital where their mother is convalescing. Little do the sisters know, the cicada-buzzing countryside around them holds gentle forest spirits that can only be seen by children.
Satsuki and little sister Mei move to the country in the dog days of summer with their father to be closer to the hospital where their mother is convalescing. Little do the sisters know, the cicada-buzzing countryside around them holds gentle forest spirits that can only be seen by children. The film includes some of Miyazaki’s most beloved creations such as fuzzy dust bunnies, the Cat Bus, and of course the Cheshire-grinned Totoro himself, whose iconic profile appears on every Studio Ghibli release to this day.
DIRECTOR: Hayao Miyazaki. WRITTEN BY: Hayao Miyazaki. CAST: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto. 1988. 86 min. Japan. Color. Japanese (subtitled). 35mm. New subtitled print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive, with special thanks to Studio Ghibli.
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Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
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