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Status
Released
Release
1988
Runtime
1h 26m
Available options inUS
"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.
21 Cast Members
Noriko Hidaka
Satsuki Kusakabe (voice)
Chika Sakamoto
Mei Kusakabe (voice)
Hitoshi Takagi
Totoro (voice)
Shigesato Itoi
Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto
Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)
Tanie Kitabayashi
Granny (voice)
Toshiyuki Amagasa
Kanta Ogaki (voice)
Yuko Maruyama
Kanta's Mother (voice)
Masashi Hirose
Kanta's Father (voice)
Reiko Suzuki
Kanta's Aunt (voice)
Machiko Washio
Teacher (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta
Catbus (voice)
Tomohiro Nishimura
Postman (voice)
Chie Koujiro
Michiko (voice)
Yuko Mizutani
Ryoko (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
Additional Voices (voice)
TARAKO
Additional Voices (voice)
Mitsuko Ishida
Additional Voices (voice)
Daiki Nakamura
Additional Voices (voice)
Akiko Hiramatsu
Additional Voices (voice)
