Director: Hayao Miyazaky

Producer: Toru Hara

Release Date: April 16, 1988

Two sisters, Satsuki and Mei, move out to the countryside with their father while their mother recovers in the hospital from an unnamed illness. There the little girls encounter Totoro, a forest spirit. When Mei hears that her mother's condition may be worsening, she resolves to visit her all by herself. When everyone realizes she's missing, only Totoro knows how to find her.