Hayao Miyazaki directs Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto and Shigesato Itoi in this Japanese animated fantasy film about two sisters who move to the countryside and befriend a nature god.

All hail the catbus! The soot sprites. The leaf as hat. Not as anodyne as I remember… the beautiful motifs and themes of Miyazaki’s oeuvre are more apparent to me now… but still very much one for the kids.

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