Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

窓ぎわのトットちゃん

2023·5'

Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin

United Kingdom

★ 7.4

Letterboxd TMDB #1106904

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

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)