My Neighbor Totoro

1988 · directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Rating

88/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

Criterion

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.

My Neighbor Totoro (1988), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, rates 88/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

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

Crew

• Hisao Shirai — Director of Photography
• Takeshi Seyama — Editor
• Joe Hisaishi — Original Music Composer
• Hayao Miyazaki — Screenplay

More from Hayao Miyazaki

1. Spirited Away (2001) — 98/100 · hit
2. Princess Mononoke (1997) — 88/100 · hit
3. Howl's Moving Castle (2004) — 84/100 · hit
4. Warriors of the Wind (1984) — 83/100 · hit
5. Castle in the Sky (1986) — 83/100 · hit
6. Porco Rosso (1992) — 82/100 · hit

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