my neighbour Totoro

[Sly]

for the 25th time or more I watched the most beautiful movie in the world.

But this time I saw something new !

Young Satsuki is looking for her little sister Mei and runs along the dirt road through the wonderful japanese landscapes. From 1:11 to to 1:15 she runs with her sandals, as hard as possible during 4 minutes, it's a lot for a movie.

Exhausted, she stops and looks at her feet, completely damaged by her shoes.

And guess what ? she takes off her shoes, and find strengh enough to run 3 more minutes.

Ah !

2 years before Totoro (1988) was "Castle in the Sky" (1986), also barefoot friendly, by the same Hayao Miyazaki :

 

[Barefoot TJ]

Nice find. I haven't heard of these. Have you, Ahcuah?

 

[Ahcuah]

Nice find. I haven't heard of these. Have you, Ahcuah?

I've never really followed anime (or whatever you'd call those Japanese drawings).

 

[Sly]

a lot of barefoot stuff in the japanese pop culture I'm sure

barefoot Gen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_Gen
(sometimes compared with the american comics "Maus")

Tom Sawyer
http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/2262/132208-tomsawyer3_large.jpg
(I know I know, Tom Sawyer is not japanese)

 

[Sly]

Conan :

 

[Sly]

Totoro and Castle in the Sky are two wonderful movies
I dont know other animated features with such a poetry

 

[Barefoot TJ]

Pretty neat stuff, Sly. I like the way he's grabbing the spear with his toes. Makes me think the artist/creator of the cartoon has more depth and understanding of barefooting than just creating characters who are barefoot.

 

[Sly]

its in french,
but I just wrote a analysis that goes a bit further about the barefoot friendly Totoro movie :
http://mytrailtosanfrancisco.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/dustyfoot-satsuki/