My Neighbor Totoro

Name: My Neighbor Totoro
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Released: April 16, 1988
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 86
Cast: Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Machiko Washio, Masashi Hirose, Noriko Hidaka

1988

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Movie Details & Credits

50th Street Films | Release Date: April 16, 1988 | G

Starring: Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Machiko Washio, Masashi Hirose, Noriko Hidaka, Reiko Suzuki, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi, Yûko Maruyama

Summary: When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Genre(s): Fantasy, Animation, Family

Rating: G

Runtime: 86 min

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Sam Adams

Miyazaki so effectively captures the feeling of a child’s life, inside as well as out, that little ones are often mesmerized by the movie, and adults are returned to a time when they could enjoy mystery for its own sake. Read full review

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Dan Jolin

An otherworldly tale of childhood and a definitive work of imagination. Read full review

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Peter Stack

My Neighbor Totoro is drawn in an expansive, naturalistic way that makes an atmosphere of trees, rice fields and hills unraveling in the distance a hypnotic shadow character. In some scenes this nature is so delicious it becomes a poetical presence. [08 May 1993, p.C3]

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Roger Ebert

Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy. A film with no villains. No fight scenes. No evil adults. No fighting between the two kids. No scary monsters. No darkness before the dawn. A world that is benign. A world where if you meet a strange towering creature in the forest, you curl up on its tummy and have a nap. Read full review

Jordan Cronk

It’s a film that proves time and again that life itself is the grandest, most galvanizing of all dramas. Read full review

Ted Shen

Sheer enchantment, this 1989 animated feature is a key early work by Hayao Miyazaki. It exemplifies Ghibli's style of fanciful realism, paying close attention to minute details as well-drawn figures move across a fluid backdrop. It also deals straightforwardly with substantial emotions like fear of death, though at times it veers toward the heart-tugging cuteness of the Pokemon series. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Writer-director Hayao Miyazaki has essentially padded a television half-hour into a sluggish theatrical feature. Read full review

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Mossy087

May 10, 2020

This is my favorite movie ever. I love the atmosphere and the emotions and childish behavior they're able to portray so well.