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.
Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family
Stars: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi
Crew: Joe Hisaishi (Original Music Composer), Hayao Miyazaki (Writer), Eiko Tanaka (Line Producer), Takeshi Seyama (Editor), Yasuyoshi Tokuma (Executive Producer), Hayao Miyazaki (Director)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Studio Ghibli, Nibariki, Tokuma Shoten
Runtime: 86 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 16, 1988
IMDb: 2.931
Keywords:mother, sibling relationship, village, leave, rural area, hospital, new neighbor, new home, super power, magical creature, anime, wonder, admiring