My Neighbor Totoro [VHS]
by Hayao Miyazaki
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Actor: Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi ShimamotoDirector: Hayao Miyazaki
Cinematographer: Mark Henley
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Editor: Takeshi Seyama
Producer: Ned Lott
Producer: Rick Dempsey
Producer: Tohru Hara
Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: Japanese (Original Language), Analog; English (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 86 minutes
Release Date: 1996-03-05
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
VHS Movie Reviews of My Neighbor Totoro [VHS]
Movie Review: I love this movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am studying Japanese for work so we got this movie and several of the other Ghibli movies as well. Totoro is one of my favorites. Just to give you an understanding of my perspective, I generally don't like Anime but I like Ghibli.
In Totoro, I don't like the English voice overs very much but I think that is probably largely because I got used to hearing the Japanese version. It seems like they have a lot of uneccesary dialogue in the English version. Our small kids (1.5 and 3 yrs old) watch this movie all the time. Compared to a normal movie there actually isn't all that much going on in terms of storyline but it is so pleasant that I don't mind at all.
I think that another big selling point is how effectively they conveyed the feelings of the kids. I can see my own 2 girls in them. Another high point for me is that the music fits the movie perfectly. Our daughter is in a Japanese preschool right now and they play the theme song all the time (the kids march around the room while they are playing it since the song is about going for a walk). As a parent who finds many other children's movies agonizing I give this movie 3 thumbs up!
As for the other Ghibli movies, Totoro is definitely the #1 instant classic of them all but I also really like Porco Rosso (kids like it), Pom Poko (warning - very weird movie - but fun, our kids aren't interested in it at all), Howl's moving Castle (kids neutral on it), Cat's Return (kids like it), Kiki (kids LOVE it, maybe even more than Totoro), and Spirited Away (kids neutral on it). Laputa and Nausica were decent. I didn't like Grave of the Fireflies - it is just too much of a downer sad story for me, I like the happier stuff better.
Summary of My Neighbor Totoro [VHS]
My Neighbor Totoro is that rare delight, a family film that appeals to children and adults alike. While their mother is in the hospital, 10-year-old Satsuki and 4-year-old Mei move into an old-fashioned house in the country with their professor father. At the foot of an enormous camphor tree, Mei discovers the nest of King Totoro, a giant forest spirit who resembles an enormous bunny rabbit. Mei and Satsuki learn that Totoro makes the trees grow, and when he flies over the countryside or roars in his thunderous voice, the winds blow. Totoro becomes the protector of the two sisters, watching over them when they wait for their father, and carrying them over the forests on an enchanted journey. When the children worry about their mother, Totoro sends them to visit her via a Catbus, a magical, multilegged creature with a grin the Cheshire Cat might envy.Unlike many cartoon children, Satsuki and Mei are neither smart-alecky nor cloyingly saccharine. They are credible kids: bright, energetic, silly, helpful, and occasionally impatient. Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki makes the viewer believe the two sisters love each other in a way no American feature has ever achieved. My Neighbor Totoro is enormously popular in Japan, and some of the character merchandise has begun to appear in America. The film has also inspired a Japanese environmental group to buy a Totoro Forest preserve in the Saitama Prefecture, where Miyazaki's film is set. --Charles Solomon
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