“My Neighbor Totoro”: Miyazaki Hayao’s Forest Journey Back to Japan
Studio Ghibli’s iconic early work My Neighbor Totoro marked a turning point for Miyazaki Hayao, who had previously steered clear of Japanese settings, in which he expressed his newfound appreciation for his native land through the film’s lush, sacred forest.
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