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My Neighbor Totoro

1988 · TMDB 8.1 · となりのトトロ

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

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.

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Hayao Miyazaki's gentle masterpiece about two sisters who befriend a forest spirit in rural Japan.

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Runtime
86 min
Released
1988-04-16
Studio
Studio Ghibli
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
TMDB score
8.1
Fantasy Family Animation

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Hayao Miyazaki's gentle masterpiece about two sisters who befriend a forest spirit in rural Japan.

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Two sisters befriend forest spirits in rural Japan, finding comfort and wonder in a world where the natural and supernatural intertwine.

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