My Neighbor Totoro
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.
Producers: Tôru Hara
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Sound: Shigeharu Shiba
Composer: Joe Hisaishi
Director’s Biography -
Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist born on January 5, 1941, in Tokyo. He began his career at Toei Animation in 1963 and co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 with Isao Takahata. His films, including Spirited Away, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and The Boy and the Heron, are known for their strong heroines and themes of nature, pacifism, and flight. He received an Academy Honorary Award in 2014 for his impact on animation and cinema.