My Neighbor Totoro
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Critics Sentiment
Totoro appears at bus stop, Satsuki gives umbrella
Family learns mother's hospital visit is postponed
The film drops from the magical tree ceremony to concern over the mother's health, then rises again through the rescue sequence to an uplifting conclusion.
My Neighbor Totoro maintains consistently high sentiment throughout, with magical encounters like Mei meeting Totoro and the umbrella scene earning universal critical acclaim. The film briefly dips during the mother's health scare but recovers strongly with the rescue sequence, creating an overall arc that reviewers describe as enchanting, gentle, and emotionally satisfying.
Full cast
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Noriko Hidaka
Satsuki Kusakabe (voice)
Chika Sakamoto
Mei Kusakabe (voice)
Hitoshi Takagi
Totoro (voice)
Shigesato Itoi
Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto
Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)
Tanie Kitabayashi
Granny (voice)
Toshiyuki Amagasa
Kanta Ogaki (voice)
Yuko Maruyama
Kanta's Mother (voice)
Masashi Hirose
Kanta's Father (voice)
Reiko Suzuki
Kanta's Aunt (voice)
Machiko Washio
Teacher (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta
Catbus (voice)
Tomohiro Nishimura
Postman (voice)
Chie Koujiro
Michiko (voice)
Yuko Mizutani
Ryoko (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Additional Voices (voice)
TARAKO
Additional Voices (voice)
Mitsuko Ishida
Additional Voices (voice)
Daiki Nakamura
Additional Voices (voice)
Akiko Hiramatsu
Additional Voices (voice)
Crew
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