Ghibliotheque presents…

My Neighbour Totoro

Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpiece makes a resplendent return to the UK’s largest screen.

See subtitled screenings of My Neighbour Totoro.

  • Director

    Hayao Miyazaki

  • Japan 1988. 87min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    U

  • Japanese with English subtitles

One of the great triumphs of Studio Ghibli and acclaimed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, this is the film that introduced the animation house to the world. It’s a simple tale of two girls who move to the country and uncover a magical world in the nearby forest.

Satsuki and Mei’s mother has taken ill. In order to be closer to her while she recovers in a rural convalescent hospital, their father moves the two sisters from their home in a city to the countryside. The house they move into is a ramshackle old place in the shadow of an ancient camphor tree, and Satsuki and Mei embark on adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

This special screening will be introduced by Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham, co-hosts of the podcast Ghibliotheque and co-authors of The Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide, which charts a path through the wildly creative and influential anime industry with 30 standout feature films, from Akira to Your Name. Following the screening, Jake and Michael will be selling and signing copies of the Ghibliotheque Anime Movie Guide and their previous book, Ghibliotheque: The Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli.