Tuesday, April 18, 2006
My Neighbor Totoro
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: We're both enchanted by this film, more for the relationship between the sisters, the portrayal of the neighbor boy (which is delightfully right on) and the wonderful father, who straddles both his own and his children's worlds with extraordinary dexterity. Some of Miyazaki's films are more spectacular, but this movie, quietly and deftly, vindicates and celebrates everyone's childhood, and, in particular, everyone's childhood imagination and its creations.
And, yes, Roger Ebert christened it one of his Great Movies.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Dakota Fanning Satsuki Kusakabe Elle Fanning Mei Kusakabe Tim Daly Tatsuo Kusakabe Lea Salonga Yasuko Kusakabe Frank Welker Totoro Paul Butcher Kanta Ōgaki Pat Carroll Granny Frank Welker Catbus
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1988
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Labels: anime, dakota-fanning, elle-fanning, fantasy3, kids
