My Neighbour Totoro ( Tonari no Totoro ) ( My Neighbor Totoro )

My Neighbour Totoro (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Tonari no Totoro
Alternate Title: My Neighbor Totoro
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
86 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Film Credits
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Storyboards
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Hayao Miyazaki

Written By:
Hayao Miyazaki

Actors:
Noriko Hidaka ..... Satsuki
Chika Sakamoto ..... Mei
Shigesato Itoi ..... Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto ..... Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)
Tanie Kitabayashi ..... Kanta no obâsan (voice)
Hitoshi Takagi ..... Totoro
Yûko Maruyama ..... Kanta no okâsan (voice)
Machiko Washio ..... Teacher (voice)
Reiko Suzuki ..... Furoi on'na no hito (voice)
Masashi Hirose ..... Kanta no otôsan (voice)
Toshiyuki Amagasa ..... Kanta (voice)
Shigeru Chiba ..... Kusakari-Otoko (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta ..... (voice)
Tarako ..... (voice)
Tomohiro Nishimura ..... (voice)

Synopsis:

Master animation director Hayao Miyazaki follows up on his record-breaking 1997 opus Princess Mononoke with this surreal Alice in Wonderland-like tale about a lost little girl. The film opens with ten-year-old Chihiro riding along during a family outing as her father races through remote country roads. When they come upon a blocked tunnel, her parents decide to have a look around -- even though Chihiro finds the place very creepy. When they pass through the tunnel, they discover an abandoned amusement park. As Chihiro's bad vibes continue, her parents discover an empty eatery that smells of fresh food. After her mother and father help themselves to some tasty purloined morsels, they turn into giant pigs. Chihiro understandably freaks out and flees. She learns that this very weird place, where all sorts of bizarre gods and monsters reside, is a holiday resort for the supernatural after their exhausting tour of duty in the human world. Soon after befriending a boy named Haku, Chihiro learns the rules of the land: one, she must work , as laziness of any kind is not tolerated; and two, she must take on the new moniker of Sen. If she forgets her real name, Haku tells her, then she will never be permitted to leave.

This superbly animated children's tale is directed by Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan's most beloved animators. The story follows Satsuke and Mai, two young girls who find their new country home is in a mystical forest inhabited by a menagerie of mystical creatures called Totoros. They befriend O Totoro, the biggest and eldest Totoro, who is also the king of the forest. As their girls' mother lies sick in the hospital, O Totoro brings the sisters on a magical adventure but also helps them to understand the realities of life. Like most films released by Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli, this family-oriented feature has a powerful ecological theme. The English-language version of this film wasn't dubbed until many years later, explaining the presence of actors such as Dakota Fanning in the cast (who wasn't even born until 1994).

Animation film. Two young sisters move to the countryside with their father. Here they are drawn into a new environment of fairytale creatures.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 04 December, 2009.

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