FILM 1193: MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
TRIVIA: The film is partially
autobiographical. When Hayao Miyazaki
and his brothers were children, his mother suffered from spinal tuberculosis
for nine years, and spent much of her time hospitalized. It is implied, yet
never revealed in the film, that Satsuki and Mei's mother also suffers from
tuberculosis. He once said the film would have been too painful for him to make
if the two protagonists were boys instead of girls.
The names of the two girls, Satsuki
and Mei are a play on the word May. "Satsuki" is an old Japanese word
for May, and "Mei" is the Japanese pronunciation of the English word
"May".
The movie initially did not do well
at the box office, and did not break even until about two years after the release
when stuffed dolls based on the King Totoro character hit the shelves.
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