my neighbor totoro (M20)

japanese cartoon. a father and two daughters move into a new house in the country. (older daughter has a short haircut and is at first mistaken for a boy). the new house has dust sprites. their mother is in the hospital. they are cared for by the neighbor's granny. their father is a professor and busy with books. when the older child goes to school, the younger child befriends a tree monster. they wait for their father to return on the bus and the tree monster waits with them. a cat which is also a bus takes the tree monster, totoro, away. they plant acorns that totoro gave them. they dream of the acorns turning into a giant tree and flying with totoro. the next morning the acorns have sprouted. they visit their mother in the hospital. their mother is supposed to come for a visit, a phone call tells them that she won't be coming. they are worried that she will die. the little one is lost. they search for her. totoro and the cat bus help find her. they bring an ear of corn to their mother at the hospital.