Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

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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Liliana Ohno

Totto-chan (voice)

Koji Yakusho

Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)

Shun Oguri

Moritsuna Kuroyanagi (voice)

Anne Watanabe

Chō Kuroyanagi (voice)

Karen Takizawa

Miss Ōishi (voice)

Art

Takuya Wada

Art Designer

Kyōko Yauchi

Art Designer

Tatsuya Kushida

Art Direction

Camera

Kentaro Minegishi

Director of Photography

Directing

Yoshihiro Osugi

Second Unit Director

Kazuhiko Yabumoto

Second Unit Director

Takuya Fujikura

Second Unit Director

Reina Tanaka

Second Unit Director

Editing

Production

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Executive Producer

Sound

Aimyon

Theme Song Performance

Yoji Shimizu

Sound Director

Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Effects

Sachiko Nishi

Sound Effects

Yuji Nomi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Shinnosuke Yakuwa

Screenplay

Yosuke Suzuki

Co-Writer