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My Neighbors the Yamadas
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Studio Ghibli Film · 1999

My Neighbors the Yamadas

ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん · Hōhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun

theatersIsao Takahata 75/100 RT schedule104 min
Animation Family

Production info

Original titleホーホケキョ となりの山田くんHōhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun
AnimationFamily
Director Isao Takahata
Producer Toshio Suzuki
Release year 1999
Runtime (minutes) 104

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way.

Ratings & achievements

Rotten Tomatoes 75/100
Worldwide box office $22261
Budget $15270000

Box-office ranking 19/19 among Studio Ghibli films with available data.

Rotten Tomatoes score ranking 20/22.

Species (1)

Runtime vs other Ghibli films

My Neighbors the Yamadas runs 104 minutes — close to the Ghibli average (106 minutes). 10/22 other Ghibli films are longer.

Same director: Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata directed 5 Studio Ghibli films (including My Neighbors the Yamadas):

Film Year Director RT Box office
Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Isao Takahata 97 $801143
Only Yesterday 1991 Isao Takahata 100 $608562
Pom Poko 1994 Isao Takahata 78 $1279218
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 2013 Isao Takahata 100 $24751400

Films from the same decade 1990s

Film Year Director RT Box office
Only Yesterday 1991 Isao Takahata 100 $608562
Porco Rosso 1992 Hayao Miyazaki 94 $1458536
Pom Poko 1994 Isao Takahata 78 $1279218
Whisper of the Heart 1995 Yoshifumi Kondō 91 $4420615
Princess Mononoke 1997 Hayao Miyazaki 92 $170333762

Films sharing the same genre

Films sharing genre (Animation, Family) with My Neighbors the Yamadas:

Film Year Director RT Box office
My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 93 $30327833
Ponyo 2008 Hayao Miyazaki 92 $205906593
Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 97 $358380478
Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 Hayao Miyazaki 96 $10403278
Porco Rosso 1992 Hayao Miyazaki 94 $1458536
Whisper of the Heart 1995 Yoshifumi Kondō 91 $4420615

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