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

Name: Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Director: Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Released: 2023
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Anne Watanabe, Karen Takizawa, Koji Yakusho, Liliana Ohno, Shun Oguri

Original Title: 映画窓ぎわのトットちゃん

Animation Drama Family

7.4 (45 votes)

1h 54m

Overview

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.

Details

Director: Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Writer: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Shinnosuke Yakuwa
Original Language: Japanese
Budget: N/A

Cast

Anne Watanabe Karen Takizawa Koji Yakusho Liliana Ohno Shun Oguri Tadaaki Yamada

Keywords

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