My Neighbor Totoro/Transcript


 * TONARI NO TOTORO
 * My Neighbor Totoro


 * Story and Animation by Hayao Miyazaki
 * Music composed by Joe Hisaishi

Script

 * (In the Japanese countryside)
 * Satsuki: Father, caramel.
 * Father: Oh, thanks. Are you tired?
 * Satsuki: Uh - uh.
 * Father: It's just a little further.
 * Satsuki: Mei! Hide!
 * Satsuki: It wasn't a policeman. HI-I-I!


 * (Arriving at the caretaker's house)
 * Father: Is someone there from this house? Oh, thanks. I'm Kusakabe.
 * We've arrived. Yoroshiku Onegai Shimasu. (Very common expression.
 * Loosely translated, it means 'Your favor is humbly requested'.)
 * Man: Welcome!
 * Father: Thanks a lot.


 * (At the gateway to the house)
 * Father: Well, we've arrived.
 * Mei: Wait!
 * Satsuki: Mei, there's a bridge.
 * Mei: Bridge?
 * Satsuki: Fish. See, it flashed again.
 * Father: Well, do you like it?
 * Satsuki: Father, it's beautiful! A tunnel of trees. Ah, that house?
 * Satsuki: Hurry


 * (At the house)
 * Satsuki: It's pretty old.
 * Mei: Old!
 * Satsuki: It's like a haunted house!
 * Mei: Ghosts?
 * Satsuki: It's rotten.
 * Mei: It'll fall down. It'll fall down.
 * Satsuki: Mei, look! There....Isn't it big?
 * Satsuki: Father, a huge tree!
 * Father: Right, it's a camphor tree.
 * Satsuki: Oh, a camphor tree.
 * Mei: Camphor tree.


 * (In the room)
 * Satsuki: An acorn.
 * Mei: Let me see.
 * Satsuki: Another one.
 * Mei: I have one.
 * Father: Hey, hey. We've got to open up the storm shutters.
 * Mei: Acorns!
 * Satsuki: There are acorns in the room.
 * Mei: They fell from above.
 * Father: Huh...I wonder if there are squirrels here?
 * Mei & Satsuki: Squirrels?
 * Father: Or maybe acorn-mice?
 * Mei & Satsuki: What?
 * Mei: No, squirrels are better.
 * Man: Where do you want this?
 * Father: Ah, just a minute. I'll open up over here.
 * Father: Satsuki, would you open the back door?
 * Satsuki: Okay.
 * Father: You should be able to find it.
 * Satsuki: Come on!
 * Mei: Wait!
 * Satsuki: Hurry up!


 * (Satsuki opens the door)
 * Mei & Satsuki: Ahhhh!
 * Satsuki: I'm going in.
 * Mei: The bath...
 * Satsuki: Nothing there...
 * Father: That's the bath.
 * Satsuki: Father, there's something in here.
 * Father: Squirrels?
 * Satsuki: I don't know. Not cockroaches, not mice... Black. There were a whole
 * bunch!
 * Father: Hmmmmm. Hmmmmm....
 * Satsuki: Well?
 * Father: It must be "Mak-kuro Kurosuke". (A play on the word black (kuro).
 * Mak-Kuro means pure-black or pitch_black and Kurosuke means Mr. Black
 * or Blackie.)
 * Satsuki: Mak-kuro Kurosuke? Like the ones in the picture book?
 * Father: It must be...Ghosts wouldn't be out on a beautiful day like this. When
 * you suddenly enter a dark place from bright sunlight, black spots
 * appear in front of your eyes.
 * Satsuki: So that's it! MAK-KURO KUROSUKE,
 * Mei & Satsuki: COME ON OUT! IF YOU DON'T,
 * WE'LL PULL YOU OUT BY YOUR EYEBALLS!!!
 * Father: Okay, back to work. Where are the stairs to the second floor? Let's
 * Find the stairs and open the upstairs windows.
 * Satsuki: Okay!
 * Mei: Mei too!


 * (Searching the house, they go running from room to room)
 * Mei: Toilet!
 * Satsuki: Over there!
 * Mei: Over there!
 * Satsuki: Not here!
 * Mei: Not here!


 * (They run from room to room, Mei imitating Satsuki)
 * Satsuki: Mei, I found it.....It's pitch black.
 * Mei: Mak-kuro Kurosuke! .....An acorn!
 * Mei & Satsuke: MAK-KURO KUROSUKE, COME OUT!


 * (They climb the stairs)
 * Mei & Satsuke: AH-H-H-H-H-h-h-h-h......
 * Satsuki: Mister Mak-kuro Kurosuke, are you here?


 * (Satsuki calls from the window)
 * Satsuki: Father, there's something in this house after all!
 * Father: That's great! Since I was a boy, I've wanted to live in a haunted
 * house! Ooops!


 * (Father drops a piece of furniture)
 * Satsuki: Oh no!


 * (Satsuki runs downstairs and Mei approaches a crack, catching a Mak-kuro
 * Kurosuke)
 * Mei: I got one!! Sis!!


 * (Mei runs downstairs and into an old woman)
 * Father: Mei!
 * Granny: What energy!
 * Father: This is the neighbor-lady who watches over this house. She came to help
 * us move in.
 * Satsuki: I'm Satsuki and this is my sister, Mei. How do you do?
 * Granny: How do you do? What nice children. If there had been time I could
 * have cleaned up the house.
 * Father: You've done plenty.
 * Granny: We're so busy in the fields right now, but I cleaned a little, every
 * so often.
 * Satsuki: Mei, your hands are black! What happened?
 * Mei: Mak-kuro Kurosuke escaped!
 * Satsuki: Oh, Mei, your feet...Oh, mine are black too!
 * Granny: Oh, Oh. It looks like the 'susu-atari' have come out. (Soot balls of
 * fluff)
 * Satsuki: Susu-atari? Are susu-atari like this, and move like this?
 * Granny: Yes, they live in old, empty houses and make dust here and there. I
 * could see them too, when I was young. So, you also saw them....
 * Father: Are they ghosts?
 * Granny: Nothing that scary. If you're good, they won't do anything bad. Then
 * before you know it, they're gone. They're probably up in the ceiling
 * right now, discussing whether to move out.
 * Satsuki: Mei, they're going to leave.
 * Mei: I don't like that.
 * Satsuki: But what would you do if they came out at once?
 * Mei: Mei not scared.
 * Satsuki: Okay then. I won't go with you to the toilet at night.
 * Granny: Hee-hee. Say, would you go to the creek and bring up some water?
 * Satsuki: The creek?
 * Mei: Mei go too.


 * (They go to the creek, get a bucket of water)
 * Satsuki: Mei, you wait there.
 * Mei: Catch any fish?


 * (Working the pump)
 * Satsuki: Granny, it works!
 * Granny: Keep pumping, until the water runs cold.
 * Satsuki: Okay.


 * (Cleaning the house, Kanta arrives with lunch from Granny's house)
 * Satsuki: Oh, it's you. What can I do for you?
 * Kanta: From Mother, for Granny.
 * Satsuki: What is it?
 * Kanta: Here. Here!
 * Satsuki: Wait! What is this?
 * Granny: Is that Kanta?
 * Kanta: YAH-H-H!! YOUR HOUSE IS HAUNTED!!!
 * Granny: KANTA!


 * (Having lunch...)
 * Father: Ha, ha, ha! Reminds me of when I was a boy.
 * Satsuki: I hate boys! But I love Granny's o-hagi (sweet rice cake).
 * Granny: Eat all you like.


 * (Later, saying goodbye to Granny)
 * Satsuki: Thank you for all your help.
 * Father: Thank you very much.
 * Satsuki & Mei: Goodbye!


 * (Evening, a storm coming up. Satsuki is outside collecting wood when a wind
 * whips by, scattering them)


 * (Later, in the bath during the storm)
 * Mei: Father, this old house will fall down.
 * Father: Ha, ha! What a problem, since we just moved in.


 * (Eerie sounds....)
 * Father: HA HA HA HA HA! Everyone laugh! So your fears will all run away. HA HA
 * HA HA!!!
 * Mei: Mei not scared, Mei not scared.


 * (Everyone laughs and splashes water. The Mak-kuro Kurosuke fly off to the
 * camphor tree. The next morning, doing laundry...)


 * Mei & Satsuki: One, two, one, two, one, two...
 * Father: Keep it up, keep it up.
 * Father: Okay, laundry is finished.
 * Mei & Satsuki: Yea!
 * Satsuki: Off we go!


 * (Riding off on the bicycle to visit the hospital, they pass Granny in the
 * fields)


 * Satsuki: Granny! Good day!
 * Father: Don't work too hard!
 * Granny: Where are you going?
 * Satsuki: To the hospital to visit mother!
 * Granny: That's nice! Say hello for me!
 * Satsuki: Okay!


 * (They pass Kanta and he and Satsuki stick out there tongues at each other)


 * (Futher down the road...)
 * Satsuki: This way, this way!


 * (At the hospital)
 * Satsuki: Good day.
 * Woman: Welcome.
 * Mei: Oh, MOTHER!
 * Mother: Mei, it's good to see you!
 * Mei: Father took the wrong road.
 * Mother: Really? Welcome.
 * Satsuki: Today is the Harvest Holiday.
 * Mother: Oh, so that's it.
 * Satsuki: Father's talking with the doctor.
 * Mother: I'm so happy you all came. How's the new house? Are you settled in?


 * (Satsuki whispers to her mother)
 * Mother: What? A haunted house?
 * Satsuki: Uh-huh.
 * Mei: Mother, do you like haunted houses?
 * Mother: Of course. I've got to hurry and get well. I'd like to meet a ghost.
 * Satsuki: That's good. Right, Mei? We were worried. If you were scared, we
 * wouldn't know what to do.
 * Mother: What about you two?
 * Satsuki: I like it!
 * Mei: Mei not scared!
 * Mother: Is Satsuki doing Mei's hair?
 * Mei: Uh-huh.
 * Mother: You're good at it. Isn't that nice, Mei?
 * Mei: Uh-huh, but Sis gets real mad.
 * Satsuki: That's because you never stay still.
 * Mother: Satsuki, come here. Isn't it too short? (Brushing Satsuki's hair)
 * Satsuki: I like it this way.
 * Mei: Mei too, Mei too!
 * Mother: Wait your turn.


 * (Brushing Satsuki's hair)
 * Mother: Unruly, just like always, isn't it. Exactly like mine when I was your
 * age.
 * Satsuki: When I grow up, will my hair be just like Mother's?
 * Mother: Probably, since you're just like I used to be.


 * (On the road home....)
 * Satsuki: Mother's looking good, isn't she?
 * Father: Yes. The doctor was saying she'll be able to leave the hospital soon.
 * Mei: Soon? tomorrow?
 * Satsuki: There she goes again with 'tomorrow'.
 * Father: Tomorrow is probably too soon, though.
 * Mei: Mother says she wants to sleep together with Mei again.
 * Satsuki: But you're a big girl now. Weren't you going to sleep by yourself?
 * Mei: With mother is okay.


 * (The next morning...)
 * Satsuki: Father, it's morning!
 * Mei: Hey, WAKE UP!!


 * (The kitchen...)
 * Father: Sorry, I overslept again.
 * Satsuki: Starting today, I'm taking lunch (to school).
 * Father: Darn, I completely forgot.
 * Satsuki: It's okay. I'll make everyone's.
 * Mei: It's burning!
 * Satsuki: Just a minute.


 * (At the table...)
 * Satsuki: This one is Mei's.
 * Mei: Mei's?
 * Father: Mei, sit quietly and eat.
 * Satsuki: Here. Wrap it yourself, okay?


 * (A schoolmate calls for Satsuki)
 * Michiko: Satsuki-chan!
 * Satsuki: Oh, no! OKAY!!
 * Father: You made a friend already?
 * Mei: She called you 'Satsuki-chan'.
 * Satsuki: Her name is Mit-chan. Gochiso-sama. (Expression used daily after
 * partaking of food, loosely translated as "That was delicious", with
 * an implied "Thank you".) I'll be going.
 * Father & Mei: Have a nice day.


 * (Satsuki meeting her friend)
 * Satsuki: Morning.
 * Michiko: Morning.
 * Satsuki: Hurry, let's go.
 * Michiko: Okay.


 * (Later, in the garden)
 * Mei: Father, does Mei look like Sis?
 * Father: Yes. Where are you going with your lunch basket?
 * Mei: Just over there.


 * (Mei runs around in the yard for a few minutes)
 * Mei: Father, is it time for lunch?
 * Father: What, already?


 * (Mei plays some more, picking some daisies and placing them on Father's desk)
 * Mei: Father is a florist, okay?


 * (At the pond)
 * Mei: Tadpoles!


 * (Mei goes to the well and finds a rusted bucket)
 * Mei: Ah, bottom's gone.


 * (Looking through the bucket, she sees an acorn in the grass)
 * Mei: Found one!


 * (Suddenly, she notices a small creature (Totoro Chibi) running through the
 * grass. She chases it under the porch, where it reappears with another,
 * larger creature (Totoro Chu). After a long chase through underbrush,
 * she falls through a hole and lands nearby a huge version of the 2 creatures
 * she has been chasing. While this large Totoro is sleeping, she climbs upon its
 * stomach.)
 * Mei: Who are you? Mak-Kuro Kurosuke?
 * Totoro: To Ro Ro.
 * Mei: Totoro...Your name is Totoro, right?
 * Totoro: YAWN.
 * Mei: So...it's Totoro, after all...Totoro.


 * (Later in the day, Satsuki returns from school)
 * Michiko: Bye.
 * Satsuki: See you later.
 * Satsuki: I'm home.
 * Father: Welcome. Oh, is it that time already?
 * Satsuki: Where's Mei? I'm going over to Mit-chan's house.
 * Father: We haven't had lunch yet. Isn't she playing in the garden?
 * Satsuki: Mei! MEI!!!
 * Father: Mei!
 * Satsuki: Mei!


 * (They search for Mei, until finally they spot her hat near the underbrush)
 * Satsuki: Father, I found Mei's hat.


 * (Entering the tunnel of underbrush...)
 * Satsuki: Mei, Mei!! ....MEI! Wake up! You can't sleep in a place like this!
 * Mei: Where's Totoro?
 * Satsuki: Totoro?
 * Mei: But...but...
 * Satsuki: Were you dreaming?
 * Mei: Totoro was here.
 * Satsuki: Totoro? You mean Tororo that was in the picture book? (The character
 * in the book is Tororo, but Mei mispronounces it as 'Totoro'.)
 * Mei: Uh-huh. He said he was Totoro. With fur, and a mouth like this. One like
 * this, and one about like this, and a B-I-G-G-G one like this, sleeping!
 * Father: There you are, there you are. Hey, how great. Just like a secret
 * hideaway.
 * Satsuki: Father! Mei, says she met Totoro here.
 * Father: Totoro?
 * Mei: Over here!
 * Father: Hey, wait!
 * Satsuki: Here?
 * Mei: Uh-uh. Before he was by a big tree.
 * Satsuki: But there was only one pathway...


 * (Mei goes running into the tunnel again)
 * Satsuki: Mei, let's go home. I said, Mei!


 * (Mei emerges about two feet from where she entered the tunnel, shocked)
 * Father & Satsuki: Ha ha ha ha ha.
 * Mei: It's true! There really was Totoro! Not a lie.
 * Father: Mei...
 * Mei: It not lie.
 * Father: Uh, Father and Satsuki don't think you're a liar. You must have
 * met the keeper of the forest. That means good fortune is with you.
 * But you can't see him all the time. Say, we haven't offered a proper
 * greeting yet.
 * Satsuki: Greeting?
 * Father: Tsukamori! (The shrine for the gods of the forest.) Let's go!


 * (Climbing the hill....)
 * Father: Mei's gotten so heavy.
 * Satsuki: Father, that camphor tree. Isn't it huge?
 * Mei: There it is!
 * Satsuki: That tree?
 * Mei: Yeah!
 * Satsuki: Father, hurry. Hurry!
 * Mei: The hole is gone.
 * Satsuki: Was this really the place?
 * Mei: Yeah.
 * Satsuki: She says the hole is gone.
 * Father: Well, you can't see him all the time.
 * Satsuki: We'll see him again? I want to meet him too.
 * Father: Well, if good fortune is with you. Isn't this a beautiful tree? It's
 * been here since long, long ago. Back then, man and trees were
 * friends. Father saw this tree and fell in love with that house. I'm
 * sure Mother will like it too. Well, let's offer our greetings and get
 * back home. We have to eat our lunch.
 * Satsuki: Oh yeah. I was supposed to go to Mit-chan's.
 * Mei: Mei go too.


 * Father: (To Mei and Satsuki) Attention!
 * Father: (To the gods of the forest) Thank you for taking care of Mei. From
 * this moment on, 'Onegai itashimasu'. (Encountered earlier. Itashimasu
 * is the even more polite form of the verb, shimasu, which is the polite
 * form of suru (to do).)
 * Mei & Satsuki: Onegai itashimasu.
 * Father: A race to the house!
 * Satsuki: Cheater!
 * Mei: (Drops hat and turns around to pick it up) Wait!
 * Satsuki: Hurry!
 * Mei: Wait!


 * (Satsuki writing a letter...)
 * Letter: Today I have wonderful news. Mei met the spirit, Totoro. I'm thinking
 * it would be wonderful to meet him too.


 * (The next morning, at Granny's house)
 * Kanta's Mother: Kanta! If you don't hurry, you'll be late!


 * (In the classroom)
 * Satsuki: Oh, it's Mei...Teacher?
 * Teacher: Yes, Satsuki?
 * Satsuki: My younger sister...


 * (Satsuki runs outside to meet Mei and Granny)
 * Satsuki: Granny, Mei...
 * Granny: Well, she says she wants to go where you are, and she won't listen.
 * Satsuki: But Mei, today's Father's day at the university and you promised
 * to be a good girl and stay with Granny. I have two more hours, and
 * Granny's busy too.
 * Granny: She was a good girl all day, right?
 * Satsuki: Sigh.....Granny, I'll go and speak with the teacher.


 * Teacher: Satsuki's mother is in the hospital and it's rather difficult right
 * now. Class, we'll do all we can to help, right?
 * Everyone: Right!


 * (Mei drawing at Satsuki's desk)
 * Michiko: What's that?
 * Mei: It's Totoro!
 * Satsuki: Shhhhh. You have to be quiet.
 * Mei: Okay!


 * (School lets out...)
 * Satsuki: Tell them I'm going to skip the club today.
 * Friend: Okay, I'll tell the teacher. See you later.
 * Satsuki: Mei, let's hurry! It looks like rain.
 * Satsuki: Here it comes...


 * (Taking shelter under a roadside shrine...A common sight in rural Japan, a
 * roadside shrine to Jizo-san, the patron saint of travelers)
 * Mei: Mei won't cry. Is she a big girl?
 * Satsuki: Yes, but what a problem.


 * (To Jizo-san)
 * Satsuki: Please let us share your roof for a little while.


 * (Kanta walks past with an umbrella, sees Satsuki, and turns around)
 * Kanta: Here. Here. Here!
 * Satsuki: But...


 * (Kanta leaves the umbrella on the ground and runs off)
 * Mei: Good thing. Right, Sis?
 * Satsuki: Mm.
 * Mei: It's got holes.
 * Satsuki: Mm.


 * (Later at home...)
 * Satsuki: Father didn't take an umbrella.
 * Mei: Mei go to meet him too.


 * (At Granny's house)
 * Kanta: And that's why I forgot it!
 * Mother: (Kanta's Mother) What dummy would forget his umbrella when it's raining?
 * Kanta: That hurts!
 * Mother: You were probably swinging it around and broke it.
 * Kanta: I didn't!
 * Satsuki: Excuse me.
 * Mother: Oh, Satsuki. And little Mei, too. Granny!
 * Satsuki: Thank you for today (taking care of Mei).
 * Mother: You're welcome. It wasn't much.
 * Satsuki: Oh, Kanta lent us his umbrella.
 * Mother: Really? That kid? It's such a beat up old umbrella.
 * Satsuki: Mei was with me, so it really saved us. But Kanta got all wet. Thank
 * you.
 * Mother: That's all right. He's always so dirty anyway; he must have gotten a
 * little bit cleaner. Are you going to meet your father?
 * Satsuki: Yes.
 * Mother: How thoughtful. Mei-chan, bye bye.
 * Mei: Bye bye.


 * (Granny sticks her head in the door)
 * Granny: Who came?
 * Kanta: I don't know.


 * (Arriving at the bus stop to meet their father)
 * Satsuki: There it comes.
 * Conductor: Are you getting on? All right, driver.
 * Mei: Father wasn't on it.
 * Satsuki: It'll be the next bus for sure. Does Mei want to wait at Granny's
 * house?


 * (Mei is bored, explores the nearby woods, and is frightened by a fox
 * statue at a Shinto shrine to Inari-san, the fox-god)
 * Satsuki: What's wrong?
 * Satsuki: Mei, are you sleepy? That's why I told you...Want to go to Granny's
 * house now? Hold on, it's just a little longer....The bus is sure
 * late...Here. (Satsuki lifts Mei onto her back)


 * (Another passenger arrives at the bus stop)
 * Satsuki: Totoro?......Ah, just a minute. I'll lend you this...Hurry, Mei will
 * fall. Use it like this.


 * (Totoro takes Father's umbrella and is enchanted by the sound of the rain
 * against it. Oncoming headlights...)
 * Satsuki: The bus is coming.


 * (When Totoro's Neko-Bus (Cat Bus) arrives, he departs with the
 * umbrella, leaving Satsuki with a small package.)
 * Satsuki: Totoro took father's umbrella....


 * (The normal bus arrives)
 * Father: Ah, sorry, sorry.
 * Conductor: Departure. All right.
 * Father: The train was late and I missed the bus. Were you worried?
 * Mei: It came! Father, it came! It came!
 * Mei and Satsuki: A cat, a cat bus! Really huge! With eyes like this!
 * It was wonderful! We met him, we met him! We met Totoro!
 * It was fantastic!


 * (Satsuki writing a letter)
 * Letter: Mother, it feels like my heart is still racing. It was a fantastic,
 * strange, wonderful day. And the gift Totoro gave us was wonderful
 * too. It was a bamboo-leaf package, tied with a dragon's whisker.
 * When we got home, we opened it and inside were nuts. If our garden
 * became a forest, it would be beautiful, so we planted them. But
 * they just won't grow. Every day, Mei says 'Still nothing, there's
 * still nothing'. She's just like the crab of the monkey-crab fable.
 * It will soon be summer vacation. Please hurry and get well. Satsuki.


 * (Bedtime)
 * Father: Okay, okay. I'm going to turn it off.
 * Satsuki: Wait.
 * Mei: Father, I wonder if they'll come up tommorrow?
 * Father: I wonder. Totoro would probably know. Good night.


 * (Later that night, both children awake)
 * Satsuki: Mei, that's where we planted the seeds.


 * (In the garden, the three Totoros dance about the seeds and they began to
 * grow at an amazing rate)
 * Satsuki: Hooray! We did it, we did it!


 * (After the garden has grown into a forest, Totoro produces a top and throws
 * it onto the ground. As it begins to spin, Mei, Satsuki, and the two smaller
 * Totoros jump on top of Totoro. With his umbrella in hand, Totoro hops onto
 * the top and they all go flying across the countryside.)
 * Satsuki: Mei, we're the wind!


 * (The next morning, the children awake to find their forest is gone)
 * Mei: There's no tree.


 * (At the garden, some of the seeds have sprouted)
 * Mei & Satsuki: We did it, we did it! It was a dream but it wasn't a dream!
 * It was a dream but it wasn't a dream! We did it!


 * (Later....)
 * Mail Man: Mr. Kusakabe, telegram. Mr. Kusakabe, it's a telegram. Nobody
 * home?


 * (In Granny's vegetable patch)
 * Mei: Granny!
 * Granny: Over here. This one's ready to eat.
 * Satsuki: Granny, how about this one?
 * Granny: It's ripe.
 * Satsuki: Granny's garden is like a treasure-hill.
 * Granny: Say, let's take a little rest....They're nice and cold.
 * Satsuki: Itadakimasu. It's delicious.
 * Granny: Is it? They've gotten a lot of Mr. Sun, so they're also good
 * for you.
 * Satsuki: For Mother's sickness, too?
 * Granny: Of course. If you eat Granny's vegetables, you'll get real healthy
 * fast.
 * Satsuki: Mother's coming home this Saturday.
 * Mei: She will sleep with Mei.
 * Granny: So she's finally leaving the hospital.
 * Satsuki: Un-uh. It's not for good. She'll return to the hospital on Monday.
 * It seems they're going to release her gradually.
 * Granny: Is that right? Then we're going to have to get her to eat more and
 * more.
 * Mei: The corn Mei picked, Mei will give to Mother.
 * Granny: That will make her so happy.


 * (Kanta comes running up)
 * Kanta: A telegram. Nobody was home so we accepted it for you.
 * Satsuki: For our house? Granny, Father won't be home until evening.
 * Granny: Open it. It might be an emergency.
 * Satsuki: Mmm.
 * Satsuki: (reading) P-l-e-a-s-e re-ply, shi-chi-koku-yama...Shichikokuyama
 * Hospital! It's from Mother's Hospital! Something's happened!
 * Granny, what shall I do? We have to answer!
 * Granny: Calm down, calm down. Do you know where your father is?
 * Satsuki: I know the telephone number of the research department, but we
 * don't have a phone.
 * Granny: Kanta, take her to your uncle's. Let her use the phone. Mei, you
 * stay with me.
 * Satsuki: Mei, you stay with Granny!


 * (At the Uncle's house)
 * Satsuki: Hello, long distance please. Tokyo 31-1382. Yes.
 * Old woman: Isn't she cute, Kanta?


 * (The phone rings)
 * Satsuki: Hello, yes....Hello, is this the Archaeology Research
 * Department? Father, I mean, Mr. Kusakabe please. This is Satsuki
 * Kusakabe. All right.....Oh Father, it's Satsuki.
 * Father: Yes, what is it? Uh-huh...from the hospital? I understand. I'll call
 * the hospital right away.
 * Satsuki: Did something happen with Mother? What shall I do? Father?
 * Father: Don't worry. As soon as I find out what it's all about, I'll
 * call you. Ask them to let you wait there. I'm going to hang up now.
 * Satsuki: Ma'am, may I wait here? Father will call back.
 * Old woman: Of course. Rest awhile.


 * (Outside...)
 * Mei: Sis!
 * Mei: No way! This corn is for Mother. I said, no way! I'm giving this to
 * Mother.


 * (Meeting up with Satsuki and Kanta...)
 * Satsuki: It seems Mother's not feeling well, so they're delaying her home
 * visit.
 * Mei: No!
 * Satsuki: It can't be helped. If she rushes it and gets worse, what'll we do?
 * Mei: No!
 * Satsuki: It's just a short postponement.
 * Mei: No!
 * Satsuki: Then it's all right if Mother dies, is that right?
 * Mei: NO!
 * Satsuki: You dummy! I'm not talking to you anymore!


 * (Satsuki leaves Kanta and Mei)
 * Kanta: Let's go.
 * Mei: Sis is a dummy!


 * (At the house...)
 * Granny: Let's put away the laundry. Don't be so sad. Granny's come to help, so
 * perk up. Isn't your Father at the hospital? They say it's just a cold.
 * She'll be home next Saturday.
 * Satsuki: It was just like this last time. Just a short stay at the hospital.
 * A little cold. What will we do if Mother dies?
 * Granny: But, Satsuki...
 * Satsuki: Maybe she'll...
 * Granny: It's okay, it's okay. Who would die and leave such nice children? Don't
 * cry, don't cry. Granny will be here till your father comes home.
 * Okay?


 * (Mei sees Satsuki crying and leaves with the corn. Later...)
 * Granny: Mei-chan!
 * Satsuki: Mei! Mei!
 * Satsuki: Did Mei come home?
 * Granny: You didn't see her at the bus stop?
 * Satsuki: No.
 * Granny: Funny, where could she have gone?
 * Satsuki: A little while ago, we had a fight. Because Mei's a ...That kid. I
 * wonder if she went to Mother's hospital?
 * Granny: The Shichikokuyama Hospital? It would take even an adult at least
 * three hours to walk there.
 * Satsuki: I'm going to look.
 * Granny: Kanta! Hurry and call your father! Mei's disappeared!


 * (Running down the road...)
 * Satsuki: Darn Mei! She's always getting lost.
 * Satsuki: MEI!
 * Satsuki: Excuse me, Mister. Did a little girl pass by on this road? My
 * little sister.
 * Farmer: Hmmmm...a little girl? I would remember if I saw someone...
 * Satsuki: I wonder if it was another road?


 * (She looks around from the top of the hill)
 * Farmer: Are you sure she came this way?
 * Satsuki: I don't know.


 * (Further down the road)
 * Satsuki: Mei!


 * (Satsuki jumps in front of an oncoming car)
 * Satsuki: Stop, please!
 * Man: You fool! That's dangerous!
 * Satsuki: I'm looking for my little sister. Did you see a little girl?
 * Woman: Your little sister?
 * Sastsuki: I think she's on her way to the Shichikokuyama Hospital. Four
 * years old, a little girl.
 * Man: Ryoko, did you see anyone?
 * Woman: Uh-uh. We came from Shichikokuyama, but we didn't see anyone like that.
 * Satsuki: Oh. Thank you.
 * Man: Where did you come from?
 * Satsuki: From Matsu-go.
 * Man: Matsu-go?
 * Woman: Isn't there some mistake?
 * Man: Well, bye.


 * (Kanta rides up on his bicycle)
 * Kanta: Satsuki!
 * Satsuki: Kan-chan! Find her?
 * Kanta: No. How about you? Right now Dad and the others are searching. I'll
 * go to Shichikokuyama for you. You go home.
 * Satsuki: Mei tried to get to the hospital and got lost on the way. I'm sure.
 * Kanta: A while ago, they found a sandal in the pond.


 * (Satsuki starts to run off)
 * Kanta: We don't know for sure if it belongs to Mei!


 * (Passing the farmer again)
 * Farmer: Did you find her?


 * (At the pond...)
 * Granny: Nami Amida Buddha, Nami Amida Buddha... (a Buddhist chant)
 * Man: The mud's deeper over there! Try there first!
 * Man: Hey, got another pole?
 * Michiko: Granny, Satsuki's coming.
 * Satsuki: Granny!
 * Granny: (Showing her the sandal) This...this is it.
 * Satsuki: It's not Mei's.
 * Granny: Thank heaven. I thought for sure it was Mei's.
 * Man: What, Granny jumped to conclusions?
 * Man: Hey, it was a mistake!
 * Man: Where could she have gone?
 * Man: We'll have to start over again.
 * Woman: We'll have to hurry. It'll be dark soon.
 * Man: Thanks everyone.
 * Man: Let's divide up and search some more.


 * (At the entrance to Totoro's tunnel)
 * Satsuki: Please let me through to Totoro's den. Mei's lost. It'll be dark
 * soon, and that kid, she's lost somewhere.


 * (Speaking to Totoro)
 * Satsuki: Totoro! Totoro! Mei's lost! I've searched all over, but I can't
 * find her. Please, find Mei. I'm sure she's crying somewhere right
 * now. I don't know what to do!


 * (Totoro flies with Satsuki to the top of his tree and roars. A second
 * later, the Cat bus can be seen galloping through the countryside.)
 * Satsuki: Everyone can't see it!


 * (Cat bus stops at tree and Satsuki boards. The sign on the front flips to
 * 'MEI' and he takes off)
 * Granny: (yelling from the road as they pass) Mei-chan!
 * Satsuki: The trees are leaning out of the way!


 * (The Cat bus arrives beside a series of Jizo-san statues)
 * Satsuki: Mei!
 * Mei: Sis! Sis!
 * Satsuki: Mei!
 * Mei: Sis!
 * Satsuki: You dummy!
 * Mei: I'm sorry!
 * Satsuki: You wanted to bring that corn to Mother?


 * (The Cat bus sign flips to 'SHICHIKOKUYAMA HOSPITAL')
 * Satsuki: You'll take us to the hospital? Thank you!


 * (The Cat bus races to the hospital)


 * (At the hospital, Father and Mother are talking by her bed)
 * Mother: I'm sorry. It's just a little cold and the hospital had to go and
 * send a telegram. The kids are sure to be worried. They shouldn't
 * have done it.
 * Father: Well, the kids will be relieved when they hear. We've all come this
 * far. Our good times are just put off for a little while, that's all.
 * Mother: Those kids have to put up with so much. Satsuki's such a sensitive
 * child, I feel sorry for her.
 * Father: You're right.
 * Mother: When I get home I plan to really spoil them.
 * Father: Hey, hey...


 * (In the tree, the Cat bus and the children are watching through the window)
 * Mei: Mother's laughing.
 * Satsuki: She looks okay.
 * Mei: Uh-huh.


 * (The hospital room)
 * Mother: Ah, I've got to hurry and get well.
 * Father: Yes....What?....Who could it be?
 * Mother: Ah...
 * Father: What's the matter?
 * Mother: (looking out the window) Just now, in the pine tree, I thought
 * I saw Mei and Satsuki laughing...
 * Father: (picking up a piece of corn from the window) It could be. Look!


 * (Carved into the husk of the corn, in a child's writing, are the words TO
 * MOTHER)

Song
Singer: Inoue Azumi Lyricist: Miyazaki Hayao Composer/Arranger: Hisaishi Jou

Romanji


 * dareka ga kossori
 * komichi ni konomi uzumete
 * chissana me haetara
 * himitsu no angou
 * mori e no PASUPOOTO
 * suteki-na bouken hajimaru


 * tonari no
 * TOTORO TOTORO TOTORO TOTORO
 * mori no naka ni
 * mukashi kara sunderu
 * tonari no TOTORO TOTORO
 * TOTORO TOTORO
 * kodomo no toki ni dake
 * anata ni otozureru
 * fushigi-na deai


 * ame furi BASU tei
 * ZUBUNURE OBAKE ga itara
 * anata no amaGASA sashite agemasho
 * mori e no PASUPOOTO
 * mahou no tobira akimasu


 * tonari no TOTORO TOTORO
 * TOTORO TOTORO
 * tsukiyo no ban ni OKARINA fuiteru
 * tonari no TOTORO TOTORO
 * TOTORO TOTORO
 * moshi mo aeta nara
 * suteki-na shiawase ga
 * anata ni kuru

English


 * Someone stealthily
 * buries nuts in the path.
 * When a tiny sprout grows,
 * [you'll find] a secret password--
 * the passport to the forest.
 * A wonderful adventure begins.


 * My neighbor
 * Totoro, Totoro, Totoro, Totoro,
 * who has lived in the forest
 * since ancient times.
 * My neighbor Totoro, Totoro,
 * Totoro, Totoro,
 * only in your childhood age,
 * can one visit you--
 * a wonderous meeting.


 * My neighbor Totoro, Totoro,
 * The rain falls at the bus stop,
 * if the spirit is drenched,
 * open your umbrella for it.
 * The passport to the forest
 * opens the magic door.


 * My neighbor Totoro, Totoro,
 * plays an ocarina on moonlit nights.
 * if you should ever meet,
 * wonderful fortune
 * wa will come to you.

Hiragana

 * となりのトトロ
 * となりのトトロ」エンディング・テーマ (1987)


 * トトロ　トトロ　トトロ　トトロ
 * だれかが　こっそり
 * 小路に　木の実　うずめて
 * ちっさな芽　生えたら　秘密の暗号
 * 森へのパスポート
 * すてきな冒険はじまる


 * となりの
 * ※トトロ　トトロ　トトロ　トトロ
 * 森の中に　むかしから住んでる
 * となりのトトロ　トトロ　トトロ　トトロ
 * 子供のときにだけ　あなたに訪れる
 * 不思議な出会い


 * 雨ふり　バス停
 * ズブヌレ　オバケがいたら
 * あなたの雨ガサ　さしてあげましょ
 * 森へのパスポート
 * 魔法の扉　あきます


 * となりのトトロ　トトロ　トトロ　トトロ
 * 月夜の晩に　オカリナ吹いてる
 * となりのトトロ　トトロ　トトロ　トトロ
 * もしも会えたなら　すてきな　しあわせが
 * あなたに来るわ


 * トトロ　トトロ　トトロ　トトロ
 * ※くりかえし


 * トトロ　トトロ　トトロ　トトロ
 * トトロ　トトロ　トトロ　トトロ………


 * 歌：井上あずみ
 * 作詞：宮崎　駿
 * 作曲・編曲：久石　譲