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My Neighbor Totoro
Satsuke and Mei embark on a journey to their country home to be with their sick mother, in the quest of it all they encounter a massive cuddly creature known as Totoro.
















4 February 1954, Kumamoto, Japan

2 February 1961, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

26 February 1925

8 December 1954, Kochi, Japan

31 August 1967, Tokyo, Japan


9 April 1998, Conyers, Georgia, USA


8 September 1950, Wakayama, Japan

15 August 1944

17 December 1960, Gunma, Japan

2 June 1949, Kanagawa, Japan


May 24, 2013
Not as complex or tense as Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece, released 13 years later). Still, few things are.
June 19, 2007
The lack of sentimentality will be utterly refreshing to those raised on a diet of Disney.
May 23, 2013
The world the characters inhabit is less expressionist than impressionist, blessed with a delicate evocation of natural light and color that subtly incorporates Miyazaki's environmentalism.
May 24, 2013
A beautifully observed film that has become a guaranteed charmer for all ages.
October 02, 2014
...a clarion call for the legitimacy of imagination - not only in stories, but in the real world.
December 08, 2014
One of the finest family films ever made.
December 08, 2014
Miyazaki's appreciation of miraculous possibilities and childhood visions is what drives Totoro.
February 20, 2014
A film that crosses generations and cultural barriers: watching it, it's hard not to feel like a kid again.
December 08, 2014
Sheer enchantment.
September 01, 2008
Obviously aimed at an international audience, the film evinces a disorienting combination of cultures that produces a nowhere land more confused than fascinating.
December 08, 2014
Despite these limits, My Neighbor Totoro is a gentle and affirming film.
August 16, 2015
A typically erratic effort from Hayao Miyazaki...