My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

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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.

• Released: 1988-04-16
• Genres: Fantasy, Animation, Family
• Runtime: 1h 26m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 8.1/10 from 9,096 votes

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Top cast

• Noriko Hidaka as Satsuki Kusakabe (voice)
• Chika Sakamoto as Mei Kusakabe (voice)
• Hitoshi Takagi as Totoro (voice)
• Shigesato Itoi as Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
• Sumi Shimamoto as Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)
• Tanie Kitabayashi as Granny (voice)
• Toshiyuki Amagasa as Kanta Ogaki (voice)
• Yuko Maruyama as Kanta's Mother (voice)
• Masashi Hirose as Kanta's Father (voice)
• Reiko Suzuki as Kanta's Aunt (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch My Neighbor Totoro

• United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Kids, Netflix Standard with Ads
• India: stream on Netflix, Netflix Kids
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Plex; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV

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