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Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Shinnosuke Yakuwa
  • Profile picture of Liliana Ohno
    Totto-chan (voice) Liliana Ohno
  • Profile picture of Koji Yakusho
    Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice) Koji Yakusho
  • Profile picture of Shun Oguri
    Moritsuna Kuroyanagi (voice) Shun Oguri
  • Profile picture of Anne Watanabe
    Chō Kuroyanagi (voice) Anne Watanabe
  • Profile picture of Karen Takizawa
    Miss Ōishi (voice) Karen Takizawa

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • elementary school
  • slice of life
  • school
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • historical
  • autobiographical
  • physical disability
  • anime
  • freedom of expression
  • girlhood
  • war
  • children
  • unconventional schooling