Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an illness that affects mostly 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, was struck with the disease before the Kusakabe family moved to the rural community of Matsugō which is the nearest to Shichikokuyama Hospital where she was admitted. They believe a cold to be common during final stages of recovery. The former owner of the Kusakabe house was said to have died from the same condition.
 * Taeko's grandfather died of tuberculosis.
 * Naoko Satomi died of tuberculosis at the end of the film The Wind Rises. She had caught it from her mother.

Appearances

 * My Neighbor Totoro (Early drafts and novelization)
 * Only Yesterday (Manga)
 * The Wind Rises

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