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My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · Cinematography by Hisao Shirai

G86 min65 frames

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He's your friendly neighbourhood forest spirit!

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My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: medium — A dark wooden staircase leads upward toward a brightly lit doorway above. Two young children lean…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A wooden house with a peaked roof stands in a field at night. A single room is lit from within,…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A rural dirt path winds through lush greenery during a heavy rainstorm. Two small girls in brightly…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A rural dirt path winds between two steep, tree-covered earthen embankments. A man and two young…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A rural dirt path winds through fields under a deep blue twilight sky. Six small stone statues stand…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A path bordered by a large, horizontal stack of bamboo logs and tall bamboo stalks. A young child in…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A traditional Japanese bathroom features a round tiled soaking tub and blue mosaic floor tiles. An…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A rainy night scene at a rural bus stop next to a large dark tree. A small character stands holding a…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: medium — A sunlit field with tall grass and wildflowers under a large blue sky. A young girl in a yellow…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A dark, wet wooded area with towering trees stands in a heavy downpour at night. Two people stand…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: medium — A dense cornfield features tall stalks with wide green leaves obscuring most visibility. A young…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A rural dirt path winds through lush green fields under a vibrant sunset sky. Two figures travel away…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: fullbody — A narrow dirt path winds through dense green bushes and trees under a clear sky. A young girl in…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A cat-bus creature with twelve legs runs across a dark, flat landscape at night. The creature…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: fullbody — A dense green woodland path with thin trees framing a small clearing. A man in a straw hat stands…My Neighbour Totoro (1988) movie still: wide — A dusk sky is filled with clouds and a metal electricity transmission tower. A large, brown,…
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What is My Neighbour Totoro about?

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.

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.

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What does the cinematography of My Neighbour Totoro look like?

Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of My Neighbour Totoro leans on wide compositions (55% of the sample) and medium shots (20%). Cinematographer Hisao Shirai keeps 80% of it in naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 45% of the frames. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 100% of the frames.

What is the color palette of My Neighbour Totoro?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of My Neighbour Totoro (1988) are #2d302e, #eee9cb, #345135, #32536f, #28344a, #89aa6a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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