---
title: 'My Neighbor Totoro (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hayao Miyazaki'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-neighbor-totoro-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

1988 · G · 86 min · Fantasy, Family · Japan

Original title: となりのトトロ
Part of: Studio Ghibli Feature Films

## Synopsis

My Neighbor Totoro is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. It stars the voices of Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto and Hitoshi Takagi, and focuses on two young sisters who, after moving with their father to the countryside, experience interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar Japan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hayao Miyazaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayao-miyazaki)
- **Screenplay:** [Hayao Miyazaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayao-miyazaki)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Joe Hisaishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-hisaishi)
- **Producer:** [Tōru Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/toru-hara)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hisao Shirai](https://cinepixo.com/people/hisao-shirai)
- **Editor:** [Takeshi Seyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-seyama)

## Cast

- [Tanie Kitabayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tanie-kitabayashi)
- [Hitoshi Takagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hitoshi-takagi) as Totoro
- [Shigeru Chiba](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeru-chiba)
- [Shigesato Itoi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shigesato-itoi)
- [Noriko Hidaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/noriko-hidaka) as Satsuki Kusakabe
- [Sumi Shimamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/sumi-shimamoto)
- [Ikue Ōtani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ikue-otani)
- [Naoki Tatsuta](https://cinepixo.com/people/naoki-tatsuta) as Catbus
- [Chika Sakamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/chika-sakamoto) as Mei Kusakabe

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Official site: https://www.ghibli.jp/works/totoro/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-neighbor-totoro-1988
Film facts: Wikidata (Q39571); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.