Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window 2023
Directed by Shinnosuke Yakuwa
- Animation, Drama, Family
- 114 min
You really are a good kid.
This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – its founder and headmaster, Sōsaku Kobayashi – who deeply valued children's independence, and who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.
AnimationDramaFamilybased on novel or bookelementary schoolslice of lifeschoolbased on memoir or autobiographyhistoricalautobiographicalphysical disabilitykidsanimefreedom of expressiongirlhood
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, contemplative and character-led.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Liliana OhnoTotto-chan (voice)
- Koji YakushoSōsaku Kobayashi (voice)
- Shun OguriMoritsuna Kuroyanagi (voice)
- Anne WatanabeChō Kuroyanagi (voice)
- Karen TakizawaMiss Ōishi (voice)
- Tadaaki YamadaMigita (voice)
Crew
- Shinnosuke YakuwaDirector
- Shinnosuke YakuwaScreenplay
- Tetsuko KuroyanagiNovel
- Kentaro MinegishiDirector of Photography
- Yuji NomiOriginal Music Composer
- Toshihiko KojimaEditor
- Reina TakahashiProducer
- Keiji TagawaProducer
Pairings
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Little Women 199476% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, resolved.
Doctor Thorne 201681% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, contemplative.
The Waltons 197275% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, contemplative.
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