Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an illness that affects the lungs and several characters from different Ghibli movies have suffered from it. This is possibly because Hayao Miyazaki's mother also suffered from it.

Knowns characters

 * Arsene Lupin III's mother died of tuberculosis.


 * Yasuko Kusakabe (Mei's mother) after Kusakabe family moved to the rural countryside bicycling to the hospital in Shichikokuyama Hospital with Mei and Satsuki along with their father they believe cold common in the end fresh after her illness.
 * Taeko's grandfather also died of tuberculosis.
 * Naoko Satomi died of tuberculosis at the end of The Wind Rises.

Appearances

 * My Neighbor Totoro
 * Only Yesterday
 * The Wind Rises