Spirited Away
is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film, and Mitsubishi and distributed by Toho. The film features the voices of Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takeshi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Takehiko Ono, and Bunta Sugawara.
Plot
Ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino and her parents are traveling to their new home. Her father stops to explore an abandoned amusement park despite Chihiro's protests. They find a restaurant stocked with food, which Chihiro's parents begin to eat. While exploring alone, Chihiro finds a bathhouse and meets a boy named Haku, who warns her to leave. However, Chihiro discovers that her parents have become pigs, and the exit is blocked by an ocean of water.
Awards
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author | Hayao Miyazaki |
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award | Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Animation Kobe Theatrical Film Award Golden Bear |
contentLocation | Japan |
director | Hayao Miyazaki |
editor | Takeshi Seyama |
events | coming-of-age journey consumerism human-nature relationship Japanese mythology loss |
genre | adventure fantasy |
keywords | abandon amusement park bathhouse boiler room dumpling eat emetic explore kanji mask new home polluted river river sentō shikigami susuwatari train ticket travel yōkai |
musicBy | Joe Hisaishi |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Animated Feature European Film Award for Best Non-European Film |
producer | Toshio Suzuki |
productionCompany | Studio Ghibli |
publisher | Toho |
theme | animated anime coming-of-age ghost parallel universes |