A toy rabbit but to the  cockroaches it is a shine of a goddess named Tora    It seems to have the spirit of Naomi&rsquo;s grandmother within it

Hybrid film with animated cockroaches interacting with live-action actors.<br><br>
In a trashy bachelor pad lived a colony of roaches who were able to roam freely for food or for games. Because of the homeowner being gentle with the roaches, they have no fear of traps, spray, or being stepped on. However when the homeowner starts bringing over a woman over, life starts to change for the roaches who are already living an easy life.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

Kitabayashi Tanie was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kiku to Isamu and at the 15th Japan Academy Prize for Rainbow Kids.

Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well-known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950.

She won the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Actress for her role in Daiyukai (1991). The role also won her Best Actress awards at the Mainichi Film Concours and Kinema Junpo Award.

In 1960, she won Best Actress awards at the Mainichi Film Concours and the Blue Ribbon Awards for her work in Kiku to Isamu.

Her most popular role was that of the voice of grandmother Kanta no Obaa-san in the 1988 Studio Ghibli movie Tonari no Totoro.

She died on April 27, 2010 of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.

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