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

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.

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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)

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Shinnosuke YakuwaDirector
Shinnosuke YakuwaScreenplay
Tetsuko KuroyanagiNovel
Kentaro MinegishiDirector of Photography
Yuji NomiOriginal Music Composer
Toshihiko KojimaEditor
Reina TakahashiProducer
Keiji TagawaProducer

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