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My Neighbor Totoro

Movie·1988·Fantasy, Animation, Family·1h 26m·8.1 (8,839)·Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

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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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Noriko HidakaNoriko HidakaSatsuki Kusakabe (voice)Chika SakamotoChika SakamotoMei Kusakabe (voice)Hitoshi TakagiHitoshi TakagiTotoro (voice)Shigesato ItoiShigesato ItoiTatsuo Kusakabe (voice)Sumi ShimamotoSumi ShimamotoYasuko Kusakabe (voice)Tanie KitabayashiTanie KitabayashiGranny (voice)Toshiyuki AmagasaToshiyuki AmagasaKanta Ogaki (voice)Yuko MaruyamaYuko MaruyamaKanta's Mother (voice)

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