Q 01/05

Who wrote and directed My Neighbor Totoro?

A) Hayao Miyazaki

B) Isao Takahata

C) Mamoru Hosoda

D) Satoshi Kon

Answer · why

A) Hayao Miyazaki

He based Mei on his niece and said the Totoros were 'supposedly the forest keeper, but that's only a half-baked idea'.

Q 02/05

In what year was My Neighbor Totoro released in Japan?

A) 1984

B) 1986

C) 1988

D) 1990

Answer · why

C) 1988

It shared a double bill with Grave of the Fireflies, a pairing critics called one of the most remarkable ever offered.

Q 03/05

What is the surname of the family who move into the old house?

A) Kusanagi

B) Kusakabe

C) Kobayashi

D) Kurosawa

Answer · why

B) Kusakabe

Early concept paintings and the theatrical poster show only one girl; the bus-stop scene forced the split into two.

Q 04/05

What is the girls' father's job?

A) Country doctor

B) Train driver

C) Schoolteacher

D) University professor

Answer · why

D) University professor

His occupation and the reason for the move were added as the film grew from its planned one-hour length.

Q 05/05

Why does the family move to the old country house?

A) The father got a new job

B) Their city home burned down

C) To be near the mother's hospital

D) To inherit a farm

Answer · why

C) To be near the mother's hospital

The hospitalised mother is often read as drawing on the director's own childhood with a chronically ill mother.

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