My Neighbor Totoro(1988)
"He's your friendly neighbourhood forest spirit!"
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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.
Hayao Miyazaki
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Hayao Miyazaki
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Written on May 17, 2020
This is just perfection - a perfect way to while away time and reconnect with your youth.
Everything is outstanding in this film, but especially the way it can emote your sense of wonder and imagination.
I wish I could have watched this as a child, I would have wanted to find Totoro and the Catbus, roar like Totoro, or sleep on his belly. Oh well...I will just have to imagine it.
Its interesting to note this was released with Grave of the Fireflies, another Ghibli masterpiece, which I have summed up as being about innocence lost. **This movie is innocence maintained.**
