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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
PG
Animation
Family
Fantasy

Release Date
April 16, 1988
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Cast
Noriko Hidaka , Chika Sakamoto , Shigesato Itoi , Sumi Shimamoto , Tanie Kitabayashi , Hitoshi Takagi
Runtime
86
Main Genre
Animation
Studio
Tokuma Japan Communications Co. Ltd./Walt Disney Studios
Writers
Hayao Miyazaki
Tagline
From Acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki
Franchise
Studio Ghibli

Summary

Two young girls, Satsuke and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuke and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.

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