Japan, 1988
86m
35mm, colour, 1.85:1
Dolby, Japanese
A Japanese animated fantasy directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Plot Summary
Satsuke and her sister Mei move with their father into a new house in the country so they can be closer to their sick mother who is in a nearby hospital. Satsuke and Mei find that the neighbouring forest is full of Totoros, strange magical creatures who soon become good friends with the sisters.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
© 1988 Nibariki – Tokuma Shoten
Studio Ghibli. Tokuma Shoten presents. Cooperation: Hakuhodo Inc.
Executive Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Associate Executive Producers: Tatsumi Yamashita, Hideo Ogata
Producer: Toru Hara
English Language Version Producer: Carl Macek
Planners: Hideo Ogata, Tatsumi Yamashita
Written by: Hayao Miyazaki
English Language Version Adaptor: Carl Macek
U.S. Production (Disney Dub) English Language Adaptation: Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt
Supervising Animator: Yoshiharu Sato
Key Animation: Tsukasa Tannai, Shinji Otsuka, Masako Shinohara, Masaaki Endo, Toshio Kawaguchi, Makoto Tanaka, Yoshinori Kanada, Katsuya Kondo, Makiko Futaki, Hiroomi Yamakawa, Hideko Tagawa
Background: Hajime Matsuoka, Toshiro Nozaki, Masaki Yoshizaki, Yoji Takeshige, Kiyoko Sugawara, Kiyomi Ota
Camera Supervisor: Hisao Shirai
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Music by: Joe Hisaishi
Recording Director: Shigeharu Shiba
Special Effects: Kaoru Tanifuji
Production Designer: Yoshiharu Sato
Cast
Chika Sakamoto (Mei Kusakabe)
Hitoshi Takagi (Dai-Totoro)
Noriko Hidaka (Satsuki Kusakabe)
Shigesato Itoi (Tatsuo Kusakabe)
Tanie Kitabayashi (Granny)
Toshiyuki Amagasa (Kanta)
Daiki Nakamura (man on tractor)
Hiroko Maruyama (Kenta’s mother)
Machiko Washio (elementary school teacher)
Masashi Hirose (Kenta’s father)
Reiko Suzuki (old lady of Honke)
Shigeru Chiba (mowing man)
Sumi Shimamoto (Yasuko Kusakabe)
Tomohiro Nishimura (postal messenger)
Yuko Mizutani (woman on tractor)
Akiko Hiramatsu
Chie Koujiro
Ikue Ohtani
Mitsuko Ishida
Naoki Tatsuta
Tarako
English language version voices (Disney dub)
Dakota Fanning (Satsuki)
Elle Fanning (Mei)
Tim Daly (Satsuki and Mei’s dad)
Pat Carroll (grandmother)
Lea Salonga (Satsuki/Mei’s mom)
Frank Welker (Totoro/Catbus)
Paul Butcher (Kanta)
Matt Adler
Newell Alexander
David Midthunder
Kristin Klabunde
J.P. Manoux
Evan Sabara (boy)
Kath Soucie
Yvonne Russo
Russi Taylor
Toochis Morin
Peter Renaday
Robert Clotworthy
Kimberly Guererro
Bridget Hoffman
Zahn McClarnon
Katelin Petersen (girl)
Ashley Rose Orr
English language version voices (Troma/Streamline dub)
Cheryl Chase (Mei)
Lara Cody (farm girl)
Natalie Core (Nanny)
Kenneth Hartman (Kanta)
Alexandra Kenworthy (mother)
Steve Kramer (farmer)
Melanie MacQueen (Kanta’s mom)
Lisa Michaelson (Satsuki)
Brianne Siddall (Michiko)
Gregory Snegoff (dad)
French language version voices
Donald Reignoux (Kanta)
Alternative Titles
Long Mao
Mi vecino Totoro – Argentina, Spain
Mijn buurman Totoro – Netherlands
Min nabo Totoro – Denmark (television)
Il mio vicino Totoro – Italy
Mon voisin Totoro – France
My Neighbor Totoro – USA
Näkymätön ystävä – Finland
Links
Sequel
Mei to konekobasu (2003)
Extracts included in
The Art of Spirited Away (2003)
References
Periodicals
- Time Out no.2475 (10-16 April 2018) p.44 – note (Ten of the best pop-ups and screenings this week)
Books
- The Best 80s Movies by Helen O’Hara pp.150-153 – illustrated article (Best foreign movies of the 1980s)
- Ghibliotheque: The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli by Michael Leader & Jake Cunningham pp.30-39
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.341
- Reading a Japanese Film: Cinema in Context by Keiko I, McDonald pp.176-186 – essay (Animation Seminal and Influential)
- The Rough Guide to Anime by Simon Richmond p.85-87
