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Summary

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.

Cast

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)

Ikue Otani

Additional Voices (voice)

Crew

Director, Writer

Hayao Miyazaki

Reviews

sykobanana

May 17, 2020

9

**"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 it.

Its interesting to note this was released with Grave of the Fireflies, another Ghibli masterpiece, which I have summed up as being about innocence lost. **This movie is innocence maintained.**