SHANGHAI – Koji Hoshino, chairman of animation house Studio Ghibli, is hoping “My Neighbor Totoro” will be worth the wait for Chinese fans when it finally starts screening at cinemas in the mainland from Friday.
A digitally remastered version of the film about two young sisters who encounter woodland spirits in postwar rural Japan is set to be shown at around 6,000 venues.
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