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Mood:
- TouchingFeel GoodOffbeatStylized
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Plot:
- Mischievous ChildrenSupernatural AbilityYoung HeroesFriendshipParents and ChildrenSiblings RelationsTeaching the Ways of the WorldImaginary Kingdom more...
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Genres:
- AdventureAnimationFamilyFantasyForeignAnime
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century50s
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Place:
- AsiaJapanCountryside
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Audience:
- Family OutingKids
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Fairytale
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Attitudes:
- SeriousFantastic
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My Neighbor Totoro, 1988
Japanese
Japan
Profile of My Neighbor Totoro
The mood of My Neighbor Totoro is touching, offbeat, and stylized. The plot centers around teaching the ways of the world, legends and myths, and mischievous children. It is a foreign, adventure, and animation movie. Stylistically, My Neighbor Totoro is fairytale-like and anime. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It takes place, at least partly, in the countryside. My Neighbor Totoro is set in Japan. It happens in the 1950s. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. My Neighbor Totoro is especially suggested for kids and a family outing.
Summary of My Neighbor Totoro
Departing from the action-oriented plots of his previous films (NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND and LAPUTA, CASTLE IN THE SKY), Japan's most beloved animator, Hayao Miyazaki, provides a slower-paced, stunningly realistic portrayal of life in the countryside. When their mother is hospitalized because of an unspecified illness, two young sisters spend a summer in the Japanese countryside with their father. The children's strange new environment turns out to be a natural wonderland filled with exotic real-life creatures and a trio of furry, woodland sprites who can only be seen by children. The film evokes both the terrors and wonders that children can experience unbeknownst to adults--a feeling the young Miyazaki knew only too well after his mother was hospitalized because of spinal tuberculosis. With homages to ALICE IN WONDERLAND and MARY POPPINS, the second film from Studio Ghibli delighted audiences and put the young animation studio on firm financial footing.
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 7 May 1993 |
| Runtime: | 86 min |
Cast and Crew
as Satsuki
as Mei
as Tatsuo Kusakabe
as Yasuko Kusakabe
Photos
Users Reviews
- 01.June.2011
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- by: Kim
- Kim rated this movie
9/10Amazing
- 12.October.2009
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- by: Daniel Valdez
- Daniel Valdez rated this movie8/10Great
