Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (film)

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Theatrical release poster
Kanji窓ぎわのトットちゃん
Revised HepburnMadogiwa no Totto-chan
Directed byShinnosuke Yakuwa
Screenplay by
  • Shinnosuke Yakuwa
  • Yōsuke Suzuki
Based onTotto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Produced by
  • Rena Takahashi
  • Keiji Takagawa
Starring
CinematographyKentaro Minegishi
Edited byToshihiko Kojima
Music byYuji Nomi
Production
company
Distributed byToho Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • December 8, 2023 (2023-12-08)
Running time
114 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (Japanese: 窓ぎわのトットちゃん, Hepburn: Madogiwa no Totto-chan) is a 2023 Japanese animated biographical film written and directed by Shinnouske Yakuwa with Yōsuke Suzuki as a co-writer; the film is based on an autobiographical novel of the same title by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. Produced by Shin-Ei Animation and distributed by Toho, it tells Kuroyanagi's story as a child (nicknamed Totto) of going to Tomoe Gakuen, and learning new things as Japan descends into war. The film stars Liliana Ohno as the voice of Totto, alongside Koji Yakusho, Shun Oguri, Anne Watanabe, and Karen Takizawa. It was released in Japan on December 8, 2023.[2]

  1. ^ 映画 窓ぎわのトットちゃん [Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window]. eiga.com (in Japanese). December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
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