My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

He's your friendly neighbourhood forest spirit!

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.

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki

Written by: Hayao Miyazaki

Music by: Joe Hisaishi

Starring: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi, Toshiyuki Amagasa, Yuko Maruyama, Masashi Hirose, Reiko Suzuki

Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family

Released: 1988-04-16

Runtime: 86 minutes

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