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.
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Humour
- Worldwide
- $41M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
20 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How My Neighbor Totoro actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
My Neighbor Totoro appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #22
Placed at #22 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Animation Movies Ranked #25
Placed at #25 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Family Movies Ranked #27
Placed at #27 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #124
Placed at #124 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
4 wins
Blue Ribbon Awards
1 win
- WinnerBlue Ribbon Awards
Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year
1 win
- WinnerKinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year
Mainichi Film Awards
1 win
- WinnerMainichi Film Awards
Ōfuji Noburō Award
1 win
- WinnerŌfuji Noburō Award
The numbers
Box Office & Release
My Neighbor Totoro returned 11.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $41M
- Release date
- Apr 16, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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