MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
Hey, let's go
I'm happy as can be
Let's go walkin', you and me
Ready, set
Come on, let's go
Over the hill
Across the field
Through the tunnel we'll go
We'll run across the bridge
And down the bumpy gravel road
Right beneath the spider's web
Ready, set
Let's
Go
Hey, let's go
I'm happy as can be
Let's go walkin', you and me
Ready, set
Come on, let's go
The foxes and
The badgers, too
All come out to play
They all want to explore
The deep and wonderful woods all day
Look a t all my many friends
Ready, set
Let's
Go
Look a t all my many friends
Ready, set
Let's
Go
Thanks.
Daddy, want any caramel candy?
Thank you, I would. Anybody tired yet?
Mm-mmm.
We' re almost there.
Good.
Ohh!
Mai, hide.
I thought he was a policeman.
Hi!
Hello there!
Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
- Whoa! - Whoa!
- Ha ha ha! - Ha ha ha!
Sorry to bother you, but are your parents around anywhere?
They're out there in the field.
Thanks a lot.
Hello there!
Looks like we' re going to be neighbors!
Pleasure to meet you.
Good luck in the new house!
Thank you! See you soon!
Oh!
Thank you very much.
Everybody out.
Uhh! Ohh!
Hey!
Hang on.
There.
Hey, Mai, come over here a minute.
Wow!
What are those little things swimming around?
I don't know. Goldfish maybe or something?
So do you like it?
It' s terrific!
Uh-huh.
Come on, Mai, run!
Wait up!
Wow!
- Can we? - Mm-hmm.
Oh!
Ha ha ha!
You be careful, O, K?
Oh, sure. Hee hee hee!
Ha ha ha!
- Oh! - Oh!
Ohh!
What a lot of neat old junk.
Do you think it's haunted?
Ohh, maybe it is.
Oh, boy!
I bet I can beat you around the house!
Wait!
[Imitating airplane]
Ooh! Oh!
Ooh.
Ohh!
It's completely rotten.
Uh-oh, it's gonna fall down
- Ha ha ha! - Hee hee!
Uhh! Uhh!
Oh! Hee hee!
Ooh!
Oh!
Hee hee! Aah!
Ha ha ha!
Hee hee hee!
Ha ha ha!
[Indian war whoops]
Hey!
Ohh! Whee!
Whoo! Ha ha!
Ha ha ha! Ohh!
Wow, Mai, look up!
What?
Up there. Look.
Wow, what a tree.
It's giant!
That's got to be the biggest tree in -
Ah-choo!
Ha ha ha!
Daddy, look at that big tree on the mountain!
That' s a camphor tree.
Camphor.
Camphor tree!
Camphor!
Oh.
Uhh! Oh!
Hey, Mai...
Look, an acorn.
Huh?
But I want a acorn, too.
Oh, hey, wait a second.
There's some more over there.
Uhh! Uhh! Uhh!
I have my own acorn right here.
Huh?
Mai, how am I supposed to open the house up
if you're in the way?
Acorns!
I found a bunch near the back door.
They came from way up.
They came out of the ceiling.
Hmm. Some squirrels must have dropped them.
- Ohh! Squirrels! - Ohh! Squirrels!
Or maybe some other animal, perhaps a rat.
But I don't want a dumb rat!
Where am I going to put it?
Just bring it here.
I'll open it up for you.
Satsuki, open the kitchen door.
Here you go.
Mai, come on.
Hey!
[Imitating airplane]
Wait!
Hey, wait up!
You can't catch me
Can, too.
[Whoosh]
Hh!
Oh.
- Aah! - Aah!
Hmm.
Ready?
Mm-hmm.
Bathtubs.
Great.
Nothing up there.
No.
- Ohh! - Ohh!
Bathtubs are in there.
We saw something move in there.
A squirrel?
We' re not sure.
Maybe they were cockroaches,
but there were millions of them.
Hmm.
Lots of little black things.
See anything?
Well, I'm pretty sure they were dust bunnies.
Real dust bunnies, like in my picture book?
Dust bunnies make more sense than ghosts.
Why?
Uhh!
Ghosts are harder to see.
When you suddenly move from a lighted room to darkness,
you can't see for a second. That's when dust bunnies come out.
Boy. Yeah.
Come out! Come out!
- Come out! - Come on out!
Come out! Come out!
Come out, dust bunnies!
- Ha ha ha! - Ha ha ha!
Let's get to work.
We have to find the steps that lead up to the attic.
What?
Find the way up.
We'll open all the windows upstairs.
Yeah!
Hey, wait for me.
Ha ha.
No stairs.
No.
Nothing here.
Nope. Nothing there.
Ha ha ha! Nothing there.
Hee hee hee!
Ow.
Nobody in this room.
Nobody here!
- Hi! - Ha ha ha!
Hey!
Ha ha ha!
Ohh!
Come here, Mai! I found it!
Hee hee hee!
Wow.
Someone up there?
Catch some ghosts upstairs?
- Ohh! - Ohh!
It's an acorn.
Uh-oh,
Uhh!
They must like them,
Little dust bunnies, go away right now!
Oh.
Heh heh heh.
Hmm.
- Aah! - Aah!
Aah.
Don't be scared, Mai. There's nothing to be afraid of.
There's nobody here.
[Whoosh]
- Ohh! - Ohh!
Aah!
Oh.
[Whoosh]
Ohh!
There.
That' s it. Easy.
Slowly,
Guess what.
Something's really living upstairs after all!
That' s wonderful. Good for you.
I've always wanted to have a haunted house.
It's been my lifelong dream.
Uhh!
Careful!
Oh! [Crash]
Ooh!
Aah! [Whoosh]
Guess what, Sis! I got one!
Uhh!
Eh?
Aah!
Mai?
Oh.
Aah!
Huh!
Whoo whoo!
Ah! Ah! Ah.
Two fine kids.
There's nothing to be frightened about. Nanny has the f arm next door.
She's helping us out.
Nanny, this is Mai, my sister,
and I'm Satsuki.
Very pleased to meet both of you.
If I' d known what a hurry you were in to move,
I would've cleaned the house up.
It really isn't necessary.
Aah!
I've been so busy in the rice paddies lately...
How did you get all that black on you?
I had a dust bunny right in my hand,
Ohh! Mai, your feet!
Uh-oh,
To do a little dusting...
You got mine black, too!
Eh?
Aha!
It appears the soot sprites are hard at work.
What are they?
You mean those black little fuzzy things
that fly around and disappear upstairs?
Yes. They breed in very old empty houses,
building invisible nests and turning everything into dust.
I could see them, too, when I was a very small child.
That you two are able to see them makes me very glad.
It couldn't have been a spirit, could it?
If they're not sprites,
then you have nothing to be frightened about.
If we keep smiling, the sprites may gradually go away
and leave this place alone.
Yes. I'm sure that somewhere up in that ceiling
they're busily discussing plans for leaving the house,
[Chattering]
Maybe they really will leave us alone.
What's wrong with them?
With dust bunnies all over the house?
I'm not afraid of dust bunnies.
Maybe you can go to the bathroom by yourself at night.
Ha ha ha!
Come. The house needs cleaning up.
Fetch a bucket and go get some water.
From the stream?
Maybe we'll catch a fish!
- Ha ha ha! - Hee hee hee!
You wait here, O.K?
Did you get any fish?
Ha ha!
It's coming out! It's coming out, Nanny!
Good. Very good.
Just keep at it till the water gets cold.
Right.
Ha!
Oh.
Huh!
Hey, is that for us? Is that for me?
Tell me what your name is.
Uh, it's for Grandma.
Huh?
Grandma?
Yuh-uh-uh.
Hmm?
Mmm!
Yuh-uh!
Hey, wait up! Where you going?
Kanta, don't be silly.
Hey, haven't you heard?
You' re living in a haunted house!
- Ohh! - Go away!
Yuh-uh!
[Sniffs]
Ehhhh!
Ha ha ha!
I remember doing that when I was his age.
I hate boys, but I love Nanny's food better than anything else
in the whole wide world.
Ea t all you want.
Thanks for your help!
Bye!
Thank you so much, Nanny.
Bye-bye! Bye-bye!
[Wind howling]
Aah! Oh!
[Wind howling]
I'm scared the wind's going to make the house fall down.
Maybe it will, but I hope not because we just moved in.
Huh? [Crash]
- Hmm? - Ohh!
Aah!
- Ha ha ha! - Ohh!
Come on. What are you waiting for?
You have to laugh loud to scare a spirit.
Ha ha ha!
I'm not scared at all.
Uh huh ha ha.
I'm not! I mean it!
Aah! Ha ha ha!
- Ha ha ha! - Ha ha ha!
Aah!
- Ha ha ha! - Ha ha ha!
1, 2.
That's it. Give it all you got.
Come on. Yeah.
There we go.
Well, if I may humbly say so, we' re finished.
- Yay! - Yay!
Uhh! There we are.
Get ready to fly, Mai!
Better hold on!
- Aah! - Oh! Oh! Oh!
Here we go!
Nanny!
Hi!
Hello!
Where are you pedaling of f to this morning?
We' re going to visit Mommy in the hospital!
Well, be sure to give my regards!
I know she'll be very happy to see you!
Bye-bye.
Ehhhh!
Nyehhh!
That way, Daddy! That way!
- Ooh. Oh, oh. - Ha ha ha!
Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon. - Ohh!
Hee hee hee!
Mommy!
My love, I'm so happy to see you.
Daddy took the wrong road. We had to come another way.
Well. Don't be shy.
We got of f today from school.
Wonderful.
Daddy said to tell you he'll be here.
He's probably speaking to the doctor.
It's good to see you all,
Do you like the new house?
Yeah.
Ohh! You mean they live upstairs?
Mm-hmm.
Do you like fuzzy spirits, Mommy?
Yes. I wish I could go see them now.
You were right, Mai.
Mm-hmm.
We thought you might not be happy about the house having spooks.
Are you happy with them?
Yep.
I'm not afraid of them.
Don't tell me you fixed Mal' s ponytails by yourself.
Mm-hmm.
They're beautiful.
You know, you're a very lucky girl.
She always gets mad a t me.
That's because you' re always jumping around.
Satsuki, come here.
Why don't you let me brush your hair?
I'm glad it's short.
I want mine short.
When you' re my age.
Satsuki, you have wire for hair,
as stubborn as mine when I was small.
I'll be able to have hair as beautiful as yours
when I'm older, right?
Yes, I know that
because you look exactly like me when I was young.
Hi.
Da da da-da da da
Da da da-duh
Da da da-da da da da-da
Da da-duh...
I thought Mommy looked a lot better.
I think the doctor might let her leave shortly.
Does that mean tomorrow, Daddy?
Aw, tomorrow means tomorrow.
Maybe not tomorrow, but it's pretty soon.
She said when she comes, she'll only sleep in my bed.
You said you were big enough to sleep by yourself.
Mommy told me it would be O.K.
- Ha ha ha! - Ha ha ha!
Da da da-duh
La la la la
Daddy!
Daddy, wake up!
It's morning!
Ohh.
Daddy, get up.
Uhh!
It's Mai!
Hee hee hee!
Good morning.
I must have overslept.
We get our lunch boxes today.
I'm sorry. I completely forgot.
I made lunch for everybody.
Hey, it's burning.
Just a minute!
O.K., this one's for you.
That one's mine.
Mai, stop that. Sit down and ea t.
Go ahead. Wrap it yourself.
[Sniffing]
Ahh.
Hey!
You're late!
Must be time to go.
O.K!
I can' t believe you've made a friend already.
Bet you sit next to her in class.
Yep, and her name's Michiko.
Ahh.
Here I come!
- Thanks for saying goodbye! - Thanks for saying goodbye!
Hi. Sorry.
Why'd you take so long? We' re going to be late.
Ahh...
Uhmmm!
Daddy, this hat!
Am I a grownup if I wear it?
It looks that way. Where are you going?
Going to get some flowers,
Is it lunchtime yet?
I don't think so!
Hmm.
Daddy, look. I'm the flower lady.
Heh heh heh.
Golly, wollypogs.
Hmm.
[Gasp]
There's no bottom.
Huh?
Wow.
Acorn,
Dust bunnies.
Hey.
Huh?
Ha ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Come back!
Aha!
Hmm?
Aah!
[Snore]
Hey.
Ah-choo!
Ha!
Hmm?
Hmm.
Tell me who you are.
Are you a big dust bunny?
No.
I'm...
[Rahhr]
Waah!
[Giggles]
To...
Ro!
Totoro?
That's it.
I bet your name's Totoro, isn't it?
[Soft grunt]
So you're really a Totoro.
[Soft grunt]
Totoro.
Sure, I will. Tomorrow.
- O.K. Bye. - See you later,
Daddy, I'm home.
Already?
Wait. How come you're home so late?
I was playing with Michiko.
Where's Mai?
I haven't even eaten lunch. I think Mal' s out back.
Mai!
Mai?
Daddy, over here!
I think I know where Mai went.
[Gasp]
Mai?
Mai!
Wake up!
Wake up.
[Moaning]
Wake up, Mai! Right now!
You have no business sleeping in this place.
How come he's gone?
How come who's gone?
Tell me who you lost.
A big Totoro was here with me.
A big one like what's in our picture books?
Mm-hmm.
And I climbed up on top of him,
and he was furry, and he had a big mouth,
and there was a little one and one this big
and a great big one sleeping by himself.
Uh-huh?
Hello! Is anybody in there?
Well, I'll be.
What a great hiding place.
Daddy, Mai told me she saw a big Totoro.
A real one?
Mm-hmm.
This way.
Ha ha!
Hey, give me a chance.
Here?
Mmm. Mm-hmm,
He was by the big tree a little while ago.
I don't see how he could've escaped.
Mai! Mai, come back!
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha ha!
Stop laughing!
I really saw him, I'm not lying.
I'm not lying.
Mai.
You don't believe me.
Mm-hmm. That's where you're wrong,
I believe you're being completely truthful about this.
But I also believe that you met the king of the forest.
Meeting him is a sign of good luck.
There's no guarantee you'll see him all the time.
We'll have to pay our respects.
Where do we find him?
Miss Mai will find him for us.
Oh!
Ohh, Mai, you're getting heavier by the minute.
Daddy, the camphor tree.
What a beautiful tree.
I found it.
You sure that's the one?
Uh-huh.
What are you waiting for, Daddy? Hurry up.
The hole's not there anymore,
but I'm sure this is where it was.
You're positive it is?
Mm-hmm.
The opening's completely disappeared.
Remember, you can see him only when he wants you to.
Will we see him? I want to meet him.
You never can tell. If we' re lucky enough.
What a beautiful tree it is.
This tree's been here, well, since before anyone can remember.
You know, a long time ago,
Man and trees were the best of friends.
It's actually because of this tree that I decided to buy our house,
and Mommy will like it, too.
Let's thank the king of the forest and get back for lunch.
I have to meet Michiko after lunch.
I'm coming, too.
Attention!
Thank you for all you've done for Mai.
Please protect her forever.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you,
Last one home's a rotten egg.
No f air! You cheated!
Wait!
Hey!
Hey, wait up!
"Dear Mother,
"You're never going to believe this,
"but today, under that giant tree,
"Mai actually met a ghost, Totoro.
"Daddy says it was the king of the forest.
"Well, whoever he was, I really want to meet him, "
[Chickens clucking]
[Cluck cluck]
Kanta, you'd better hurry up, or you'll be late.
O.K.
[Whispering]
[Giggling]
There.
Huh?
Mai? What...
Excuse me.
Yes, Satsuki?
I-i-it's my sister Mai.
What's she going to do?
Nanny! Nanny, what happened?
Dear, I'm sorry, but she demanded to be with her sister.
But I'm going to be -
Mai, you promised to be a good girl
because Daddy's at the university and can't take care of you.
I have a couple hours lef t before I can come home,
and Nanny's been very nice to wa tch you.
Our Mai has been a very good girl.
Eh?
Well, I better ask permission for her to come inside.
Because her mother's going to be in the hospital,
Satsuki will be taking care of her sister Mai,
Is that clear?
Yes, ma'am.
What' s that a picture of, Mai?
A Totoro picture.
Shh!
Could you be a little more quiet about it?
[Bell rings]