#MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO CAT BUS MOVIE#

When Miyazaki was a young boy, his mother had tuberculosis. Yasuko Kusakabe ( иЌ‰еЈЃйќ–еђ, Kusakabe Yasuko) The girls' mother, recovering from an unnamed illness (confirmed by Miyazaki as being tuberculosis ) at Shichikokuyama Hospital, which is noted for its tuberculosis treatment program. Tatsuo Kusakabe ( иЌ‰еЈЃг‚їгѓ„г‚Є, Kusakabe Tatsuo) The girls' father, who works in the archaeology and anthropology departments of a Tokyo university.

#MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO CAT BUS MOVIE#

The widely-distributed promotional image for the movie of a girl standing next to Totoro at a bus stop reflects the earlier conception with a single child. Her name deliberately echoes her sister's, May being the fifth month, reflecting the fact that the story originally featured one girl, who was then divided into an older and younger sister. Mei Kusakabe ( иЌ‰еЈЃгѓЎг‚¤, Kusakabe Mei) Satsuki's sister who is around four years old. Satsuki is the traditional name of the fifth month of the Japanese calendar, the equivalent of the English May. The movie ends with the girls delivering an ear of corn to their mother.Д¬haracters Satsuki Kusakabe ( иЌ‰еЈЃг‚µгѓ„г‚, Kusakabe Satsuki) A girl around ten years old. When Mei leaves in her attempt to save her hospitalized mother, she and Satsuki take a ride on the cat-bus. Satsuki, Mei and their father live in the field, where Mei discovers a giant creature living in the forest near the house.

My neighbor totoro cat bus