My Neighbor Totoro

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.

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“There's a giant monster and a number of soot sprites, but two-thirds of the movie is spent cleaning the house, wandering the property, getting to know the neighbors, taking a bath. There's a lot of nature. There's a different kind of rhythm and emphasis than you'd find in American movies.”

Wes Anderson

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer