Totoro

Although I am not entirely satisfied with the movie, Vivian has a different opinion.

“I think it is the perfect finale of the great cartoon producer.”

“Why?”

“You know, Jiro and Naoko just reminds me of the story My Neighbour Totoro (龍貓), the ground breaking movie of Miyazaki. The father of our lovely Satsuki Kusakabe (草壁梽月) was an academic of some sort, and Satsuki’s mother was staying in a sanatorium for tuberculosis.”

My wife is right. In fact, the name of the father in Totoro is Tatsuo Kusakabe (草壁辰雄).

For that reason, to add a final touch of comedy, Naoko should write to Jiro and say that she was going to Seven Hills Hospital (七國山病院) for treatment.