My Neighbor Totoro
1988 • 86 min • Fantasy · Animation · Family
Our family guide
Best from age 5- 100 Reviewers · 5 · 65%
- 81 Audience · 8950 · 35%
Dada wawili wadogo wanahamia mashambani na baba yao wakati mama yao akipona hospitalini. Muda mfupi baadaye, wanagundua pepo rafiki wa msituni, ikiwemo Totoro mtukufu, wanaoishi karibu. Dada mmoja anapopotea, viumbe hao wa kichawi humsaidia yule mwingine kumpata.
- Violence & peril
- 0/10
- Language
- 0/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Mzazi ni mgonjwa na amelazwa hospitalini
- Mtoto anapotea na kukosekana kwa muda
What it models well
- Uhusiano imara wa kifamilia
- Wema kwa wengine
- Kutunza mazingira
- Kukabiliana na mabadiliko
Talk about it after
- Kuhama kwenda sehemu mpya
- Kukabiliana na ugonjwa wa mzazi
- Kuamini yasiyoonekana
- Umuhimu wa mawazo
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Kwenye The Reel
Soma zaidi kuhusu filamu hii
Top billed cast
Director: Hayao Miyazaki • Crew: Hayao Miyazaki
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)
Trailers & clips
Ghibli Fest 2023 - 35th Anniversary Trailer
Studio Ghibli Fest 2023: 35th Anniversary
Totoro Takes The Cat Bus
Mei Meets Totoro
Miyazaki on Creating Totoro [Subtitled]
Studio Ghibli Fest 2019 Trailer
Vintage Trailer
Official Trailer [Subtitled]
Reviewer notes
RecommendedThough maybe the story here is a bit on the thin side, this is still glorious mix of family and fantasy from the hand-drawn animation of the gifted Hayao Miyazaki. It's all about two sisters - "Mei" and "Satsuki" who travel with their father to a new, rather rustic, home. It's all a grand adventure for the girls though and they are barely through the door before realising that the house has some extra special occu...
Recommendedcute & sweet. that's it
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersAggressively cute. <em>'My Neighbor Totoro'</em> holds an extremely hearty story, one told via impeccably beautiful animation. Noriko Hidaka and Chika Sakamoto standout as Satsuki and Mei, the relationship between those two characters is so sweet. They do get a bit shouty in parts which ever so slightly irritates, but that's definitely one to file under 'nit-picking'. A simple movie, one which displays the i...
Recommended(SPOILER ALERT) I was delighted to see this subtle/multi-layered tale unfold, which seemed to play well to both a childhood audience, keen on likable characters/compelling imagination, and adults with a deeper appreciation for the symbolic backstory. Like most of Miyazaki's films, there was an enormous focus on the power of the natural world. Whenever man perverts the natural world, the natural world seems...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers**"Childhood" in a movie.** This is just perfection - a perfect way to while away time and reconnect with your youth. Everything is outstanding in this film, but especially the way it can emote your sense of wonder and imagination. I wish I could have watched this as a child, I would have wanted to find Totoro and the Catbus, roar like Totoro, or sleep on his belly. Oh well...I will just have to imagine...
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