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Spirited Away
Spirited Away (Japanese: Hepburn: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi?, "The Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro") is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli.[2] The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters an alternate reality inhabited by spirits and monsters.[3] After her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and escape to the human world.
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Japanese release poster Directed by Produced by Written by Hayao Miyazaki Toshio Suzuki Hayao Miyazaki

Miyazaki wrote the script after he de- Starring Joe Hisaishi cided the film would be based on his Music by Atsushi Okui friend's ten-year-old daughter, who Cinematography Takeshi Seyama came to visit his house each summer. Editing by Studio Ghibli At the time, Miyazaki was developing Studio two personal projects, but they were Distributed by rejected. Production of Spirited Away Release date(s) began in 2000. During production, Running time 123 minutes Miyazaki based the film's settings at a Country Japan museum in Koganei, Tokyo. Howev- Language Japanese er, Miyazaki realized the film would Budget be over three hours and decided to cut Box office out several parts of the story for its July 27, 2001 release. Pixar director John Lasseter, a fan of Miyazaki, was approached by Walt Disney Pictures to supervise an English-language translation for the film's North American release. Lasseter hired Kirk Wise as director and Donald W. Ernst as
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producer of the adaptation. Screenwriters Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt penned the English-language dialogue, which they wrote to match the characters' original Japanese-language lip movements.[4] The English-language adaptation was released on September 20, 2002. When released, Spirited Away became the most successful film in Japanese history, grossing over $274 million worldwide. The film overtook Titanic (at the time the top grossing film worldwide) in the Japanese box office to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history.[5] Acclaimed by international critics, the film is often considered amongst the greatest animated films of all-time [6] and as a result, it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards, the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival (tied with Bloody Sunday) and is among the top ten in the BFI list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.

Plot
Ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino and her parents are moving when her father takes a wrong turn. Thinking that they have found an abandoned amusement park, her father insists on exploring and they cross the dry riverbed. While Chihiro's parents eat at a restaurant stall, Chihiro finds an exquisite bathhouse. After encountering a young boy, Haku, Chihiro is ordered to cross the river before sunset. She discovers that her parents have become pigs and is unable to cross the flooded river. After finding Chihiro, Haku has her ask for a job from the bathhouse's boiler-man, Kamaji, a spider ykai commanding the susuwatari. Kamaji and the worker Lin send Chihiro to the witch Yubaba, who runs the bathhouse. Yubaba gives Chihiro a job but renames her Sen ( ?). While visiting her parents' pigpen, Sen finds a goodbye card addressed to Chihiro and realizes that she has already forgotten her name. Haku warns her that Yubaba controls people by taking their names and if she forgets hers like he has forgotten his, Chihiro cannot leave the spirit world. While working, Sen invites a silent masked creature named No-Face inside. A stink spirit arrives and is Sen's first customer. She discovers he is the spirit of a polluted river. In gratitude for cleaning him, he gives Sen a magic emetic dumpling. No-Face tempts a worker with gold, then swallows him. He demands food and begins tipping extensively. Sen discovers paper shikigami attacking a dragon, and recognizes the dragon as Haku transformed. When Haku crashes into Yubaba's penthouse, she follows him
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upstairs. Sen reaches Haku, and a shikigami stowed away on her back transforms into Zeniba, Yubaba's twin sister. She transforms Yubaba's baby son Boh into a mouse and creates a decoy baby and turns Yubaba's bird creature into a small bird. Zeniba tells Sen that Haku has stolen a magic gold seal from her, and forewarns that it carries a deadly curse. After Haku dives to the boiler room with Sen and Boh on his back, she feeds him part of the dumpling, causing him to vomit both the seal and a black slug, which Sen crushes under her foot. Firming her resolve to return the seal and apologize for Haku, Sen confronts No-Face, who is now obese, and feeds him the rest of the dumpling. While vomiting, No-Face chases Sen out of the bathhouse before returning to his normal size. Sen, No-Face and Boh travel to Zeniba. Enraged at the damage caused by No-Face, Yubaba blames Sen for inviting him in and orders that her parents be slaughtered. After Haku reveals that Boh is missing, Yubaba promises to free Sen and her parents in exchange for retrieving Boh. Sen, No-Face and Boh arrive at Zeniba's house. Zeniba reveals that Sen's love for Haku broke her curse, and Yubaba had used the black slug to control Haku. Haku appears in his dragon form and flies both Sen and Boh back to the bathhouse. On the way back Sen recalls a memory from her youth in which she had fallen into the Kohaku River but was washed safely ashore. After correctly guessing that Haku is the spirit of the Kohaku River (and thus revealing his real name) Haku is completely freed from Yubaba's control. When they arrive at the bathhouse, Yubaba makes a deal with Sen that in order to break the curse on her parents, Sen must recognize them from among a group of pigs. After Sen correctly states that none of the pigs are either of her parents, Sen is given back her real name Chihiro. Haku takes Chihiro to the now dried riverbed and vows to meet her again. Chihiro departs from him and crosses the riverbed and reunites with her restored parents, who have no memories of the film's events. They walk back to their car and drive off.

Cast
Rumi Hiiragi as Chihiro Ogino ( Ogino Chihiro?), a sullen girl, but later courageous and quick-witted. In the English version, Chihiro is voiced by Daveigh Chase. Mari Natsuki as Yubaba ( Yubaaba?, lit. "bathhouse witch"), an elderly
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witch with an inhumanly large head and nose, who supervises the bathhouse. Yubaba has an over-bearing and authoritarian personality, but dotes on her son Boh. Natsuki also voices Zeniba ( Zeniiba?), Yubaba's twin sister. In the English version, Zeniba and Yubaba are voiced by Suzanne Pleshette. Miyu Irino as Haku/Spirit of the Kohaku River ( Haku/Nigihayami Kohakunushi?, lit. "god of the swift amber river"):[7] A young boy who befriends Chihiro Ogino, and can assume two forms: a human and a white dragon. In the English version, Haku is voiced by Jason Marsden. Yumi Tamai as Lin ( Rin?): A worker at the bathhouse who becomes Chihiro's caretaker, identified as the transformed spirit of a Sable (weasel).[8] In the English version, Lin is voiced by Susan Egan.
?, lit. "boiler geezer"), a cantankerous, sixBunta Sugawara as Kamajii ( armed engineer who operates the boiler room of the bathhouse; capable of extending his arms indefinitely, and therefore shown walking upon them. A num-

ber of Susuwatari ( ?, lit. "travelling soot", soot sprites) carry coal to his furnace. In the English version, Kamajii is voiced by David Ogden Stiers. Yasuko Sawaguchi as Yuko Ogino ( Ogino Yko?), Chihiro's mother. In the English version, Yuko is voiced by Lauren Holly. Takashi Naito as Akio Ogino ( Ogino Akio?), Chihiro's father. In the English version, Akio is voiced by Michael Chiklis. Takehiko Ono as Aniyaku (?), the assistant manager of the bathhouse. In the English version, Aniyaku is voiced by John Ratzenberger. Tsunehiko Kamij as Chihiyaku, the foreman at the bathhouse. In the English version, Chihiyaku is voiced by Rodger Bumpass. Ryunosuke Kamiki as Boh ( B?): Yubaba's son and Zeniba's nephew. Although he has the appearance of a young baby, he is twice Yubaba's size and shows immense strength. Later Chihiro's ally in her arguments with Yubaba. In the English version, Boh is voiced by Tara Strong.
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Akio Nakamura as No-Face ( Kaonashi?, lit. "faceless"), a spirit attaching himself to Chihiro. At first, he appears a demure, cloaked, masked wraith, apparently mute. Seen as polite, calm, and quiet at first, No-Face seems to sustain himself on the emotions of those he encounters, particularly their emotional reception to his gifts. In the English version, No-Face is voiced by Bob Bergen.

Themes and archetypes

The major themes of Spirited Away center on the protagonist Chihiro and her liminal journey through the realm of spirits, wherein Chihiro becomes separated from everything she has known. Chihiro's experience in the alternate world, frequently compared to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, represents her passage from childhood to adulthood.[9] The archetypal entrance into another world clearly demarcates Chihiro's status as one in-between. In her transition between child and adult, Chihiro stands outside these societal boundaries, a situation mirrored by the supernatural setting. The use of the word kamikakushi (literally "hidden by gods") within the Japanese title, and its associated folklore, reinforce this liminal passage: "Kamikakushi is a verdict of 'social death' in this world, and coming back to this world from Kamikakushi meant 'social resurrection.'"[10] Yubaba had many similarities to The Coachman from Pinocchio, in the sense that she transformed humans into pigs in a similar way that the boys of Pleasure Island were transformed into donkeys. Upon gaining employment at the bathhouse, Yubaba's seizure of Chihiro's true name, a common theme in folklore, symbolically kills the child Chihiro,[9] who must therefore assume adulthood. The following trials and obstacles Chihiro must overcome thus become rites-of-passage according to the monomyth format; to recover "continuity with her past", Chihiro must create a new identity.[9] Besides the coming of age theme, Spirited Away contains critical commentary on modern Japanese society concerning generational conflicts, the struggle with dissolving traditional culture and customs within a global society, and environmental pollution.[11] Chihiro, as a representation of the liminal shjo, "may be seen as a metaphor for the Japanese society which, over the last decade, seems to be increasingly in limbo, drifting uneasily away from the values and ideological framework of the immediate postwar era."[12] Just as Chihiro seeks her past identity, Japan, in its anxiety over the economic downturn occurring during the release of Spirited Away in 2001, sought to reconnect to past values.[9] In interview, Miyazaki has commented on
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this nostalgic element for an old Japan.[13] Initially, Chihiro travels past the abandoned fairground, a symbol for Japan's burst "economic bubble", and her parents' gluttony and transformation into pigs, to reach the fantasy world replete with Japanese culture and fable in the amalgam of the bathhouse. Nonetheless, the "bathhouse of the spirits has its own ambivalence, and its own darkness.... Miyazaki is not so simple-minded as to locate a perfect vision in the past or the spiritual."[14] Many of the employees are rude to Chihiro because she is human, and the corruption of avarice has incorporated itself into the "bricolage" of the bathhouse[12] and as a place of "excess and greed" as depicted in the initial appearance of the No-Face.[15] In stark contrast to the "archetypal approaches to cultural recovery such as recognition, proper identification, spiritual cleansing and sacrifice," embodied in Chihiro's journey and transformation, the constant background presence of the ambiguity of the bathhouse reminds the audience reality is not so simple: "the bathhouse's simultaneous incorporation of the carnivalesque and the chaotic suggests the threats to the collectivity are not simply outside ones."[12] The environmental comments concerning the trash deforming the River God and Haku's plight over the loss of his river to apartment complexes further indicate the sources of pollution within the bathhouse, a place of ritual purity, come from within the Japanese society.

Production
Every summer, Hayao Miyazaki spent his vacation at a mountain cabin with his family and five girls who were friends of the family. The idea for Spirited Away came about when he desired to make a film for these friends. Miyazaki had previously directed films such as My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service, which were for small children and teenagers, but he had not created a film for ten-year-old girls. For inspiration, he read shjo manga magazines like Nakayoshi and Ribon the girls had left at the cabin, but felt they only offered subjects on "crushes" and romance. When looking at his young friends, Miyazaki felt this was not what they "held dear in their hearts" and decided to produce the film about a girl heroine whom they could look up to instead.[16] Miyazaki wanted to produce a new film for years. He previously wrote two project proposals, but they were rejected. The first one was based on the Japanese book Kirino Mukouno Fushigina Machi, and the second one was about a teenage heroine.
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Miyazaki's third proposal, which ended up becoming Sen and Chihiro Spirited Away, was more successful. The three stories revolved around a bathhouse that was based on a bathhouse in Miyazaki's hometown. Miyazaki thought the bathhouse was a mysterious place, and there was a small door next to one of the bathtubs in the bathhouse. Miyazaki was always curious to what was behind it, and he made up several stories about it; one of which was the inspiration for the bathhouse in Spirited Away.[16] Production of Spirited Away commenced in 2000 on a budget of 1.9 billion (US$19 million). As with Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki and the Studio Ghibli staff experimented with computer animation. With the use of more computers and programs such as Softimage, the staff learned the software, but kept the technology at a level to enhance the story, not to "steal the show." Each character was mostly hand-drawn, with Miyazaki working alongside his animators to see they were getting it just right.[17] The biggest difficulty in making the film was to reduce its length. When production started, Miyazaki realized it would be more than three hours long if he made it according to his plot. He had to delete many scenes from the story, and tried to reduce the "eye-candy" in the film because he wanted it to be simple. Miyazaki did not want to make the hero a "pretty girl." At the beginning, he was frustrated at how she looked "dull" and thought, "She isn't cute. Isn't there something we can do?" As the film neared the end, however, he was relieved to feel "she will be a charming woman."[16] Miyazaki based some of the buildings in the spirit world on the buildings in the reallife Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. He often visited the museum for inspiration while working on the film. Miyazaki had always been interested in the Pseudo-Western style buildings from the Meiji period that were available there. The museum made Miyazaki feel nostalgic, "especially when I stand here alone in the evening, near closing time, and the sun is setting tears well up in my eyes."[16] Another major inspiration was the Notoyaryokan, a traditional Japanese
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inn located in Yamagata Prefecture, famous for its exquisite architecture and ornamental features.[18] The old gold town of Jiufen in Taiwan also served as an inspirational model for Miyazaki's film. The Dgo Onsen is also often said to be a key inspiration for the Spirited Away onsen/bathhouse[19]

English adaptation
Walt Disney Pictures dubbed the English adaptation of Spirited Away, under the supervision of Pixar animator John Lasseter. Lasseter is a "huge" Miyazaki fan, and he and his staff often sit down and watch some of Miyazaki's work when they encounter story problems. The first viewing of Spirited Away in the United States was in Pixar's screening room. After seeing the film, Lasseter was "ecstatic." Upon hearing his reaction to the film, people at Disney asked Lasseter if he would be interested in trying to bring Spirited Away to an American audience. Despite his busy schedule, Lasseter agreed to executive produce the English adaptation. Soon, several others began to join the project: Beauty and the Beast co-director Kirk Wise and Aladdin producer Donald W. Ernst joined Lasseter as director and producer of Spirited Away respectively.[20] The cast of the film consisted of Daveigh Chase, Susan Egan, David Ogden Stiers and John Ratzenberger (considered by Lasseter as his "good luck charm"). With the cast and talent in place, word began to spread around the Internet. Initially, news was light. Pixar had already begun to push their upcoming fall films, but Spirited Away was only mentioned in a small scrolling section of their film page on Disney's official website. The promotions were also quite trying, as Disney had sidelined their official website for Spirited Away and hidden it in the confines of Buena Vista's many 'labyrinths'. While homepages for films like Signs were clearly displayed, it was only through some people's curiosity the Spirited Away website could be found.[20]

Release
Box office
Spirited Away opened theatrically in Japan on July 27, 2001 by Japanese film distributor Toho, grossing US$229,607,878 to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history.[21] It was the first film to have earned $200 million at the worldwide box office before opening in the United States.[22]
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The film was dubbed into English by Walt Disney Pictures, under the supervision of Pixar's John Lasseter. The dubbed version premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2002[23] and was subsequently released in North America on September 20, 2002. The film grossed US$449,839 in its opening weekend and had made slightly over $10 million by September 2003.[24] The film went on to gross US$274,925,095 worldwide.[25]

Home media
The film was released in North America by Disney's Buena Vista Distribution arm on DVD and VHS formats on April 15, 2003 where the attention brought by the Oscar win made the title a strong seller.[26] Spirited Away is often marketed, sold and associated with other Miyazaki films such as Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service and Nausica of the Valley of the Wind. The North American English-dubbed version was released on DVD in the UK on March 29, 2004. In 2005, it was re-released by Optimum Releasing with a more accurate subtitle track and additional bonus features.[citation needed] The back of the Region 1 DVD from Disney and the Region 4 DVD from Madman states that the aspect ratio is the original ratio of 2.00:1. This is incorrect; the ratio is actually 1.85:1 but has been windowboxed to 2.00:1 to compensate for the overscan on most television sets. There is much dispute over the validity of this practice, as many displays are capable of showing the entire picture, and as a result the DVD picture has a noticeable border around it. The Asian releases of the DVD, including Japan and Hong Kong, have a noticeably accentuated amount of red in their picture transfer. This is another case of compensating for home theatre displays, this time supposedly for LCD television which, it was claimed, had a diminished red colour in its display. Releases in other DVD regions such as the U.S., Europe and Australia use a picture transfer where this "red tint" has been significantly reduced.

Reception
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The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 97% approval rating with an average rating of 8.5/10, based on an aggregation of 156 reviews. It offers the consensus: "Spirited Away is a dazzling, enchanting, and gorgeously drawn fairy tale that will leave viewers a little more curious and fascinated by our world."[27] On Metacritic, the film achieved an average score of 94 out of 100 based on 37 reviews, signifying "universal acclaim".[28] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a full four stars and praised the film and Miyazaki's direction. Ebert also said that Spirited Away was one of "the year's best films."[29] Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times positively reviewed the film and praised the animation sequences. Mitchell also drew a favorable comparison to Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and also said that his movies are about "moodiness as mood" and the characters "heightens the [film's] tension."[3] Derek Elley of Variety said that Spirited Away "can be enjoyed by sprigs and adults alike" and praised the animation and music.[1] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times praised the voice acting and said the film is the "product of a fierce and fearless imagination whose creations are unlike any[thing a person has] seen before". Turan also praised Miyazaki's direction.[30] Orlando Sentinel's critic Jay Boyar also praised Miyazaki's direction and said the film is "the perfect choice for a child who has moved into a new home."[31] Rotten Tomatoes ranked Spirited Away as the thirteenth-best animated film on the site.[32] In 2005, it was ranked as the twelfth-best animated film of all time by IGN.[33] The film is also ranked No. 9 of the highest-rated movies of all time on Metacritic; being the highest rated traditionally animated film on the site. The film ranked No. 10 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.[34]

Accolades

Soundtrack
The closing song, "Always With Me" ( Itsumo Nandodemo?, literally, "Always, No Matter How Many Times") was written and performed by Youmi Kimura, a composer and lyre-player from Osaka. The lyrics were written by Kimura's friend Wakako Kaku. The song was intended to be used for Rin the Chimney Painter ( Entotsu-kaki no Rin?), a different Miyazaki film which was never released. In the special features of the DVD, Hayao Miyazaki explains how the song in
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fact inspired him to create Spirited Away. The film score was composed and conducted by Joe Hisaishi, and performed by the New Japan Philharmonic. His "Day of the River" ( Ano hi no Kawa?) piece received the 56th Mainichi Film Competition Award for Best Music, the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2001 Best Music Award in the Theater Movie category, and the 16th Japan Gold Disk Award for Animation Album of the Year. Later, Hisaishi added lyrics to "One Summer's Day" and named the new version "The Name of Life" ( "Inochi no Namae"?) which was performed by Ayaka Hirahara. Besides the original soundtrack, there is also an image album, which contains ten tracks.
Track 1 One Summer's Day ( Ano Natsu e?) 2 A Road to Somewhere ( Toori Michi?) 3 The Empty Restaurant ( Dare mo Inai Ryriten?) Composer Duration 3:09 2:07 3:15 2:00 2:12 2:33 3:00 3:30 2:02 Joe Hisaishi (?) 2:26 4:01 2:45 1:18 3:47 3:38 1:38 1:29 3:13

4 Nighttime Coming ( Yoru Kuru?) 5 The Dragon Boy ( Ry no Shnen?) 6 Sootballs ( Boir Mushi?) 7 Procession of the Spirits ( Kamisama-tachi?) 8 Yubaba (?) 9 Bathhouse Morning ( Yuya no Asa?) 10 Day of the River ( Ano Hi no Kawa?) 11 It's Hard Work ( Shigoto wa Tsuraize?) 12 The Stink Spirit ( Okusaregami?) 13 Sen's Courage ( Sen no Yki?) 14 The Bottomless Pit ( Sokonashi Ana?) 15 Kaonashi (No Face) ( Kaonashi?) 16 The Sixth Station (6 Roku Banme no Eki?) 17 Yubaba's Panic ( Yubaba Kyran?) 18 The House at Swamp Bottom ( Numa no Soko no Ie?)

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19 Reprise ( Futatabi?) 20 The Return ( Kaeru Hi?) 21 Always With Me ( Itsumo Nando demo?) Youmi Kimura ( ?)

4:53 3:20 3:35

Image album track listing 1. Ano Hi no Kawa e ( lit. To that Days' River?) Umi (3:54) 2. Yoru ga Kuru ( lit. Night is Coming?) Joe Hisaishi (4:25) 3. Kamigami-sama ( lit. Gods?) Shizuru Otaka (3:55) 4. Yuya ( lit. Bathhouse?) Tsunehiko Kamij (3:56) 5. Fushigi no Kuni no Jynin ( lit. The People in Wonderland?) Joe Hisaishi (3:20) 6. Samishii samishii ( lit. Lonely lonely?) Monsieur Kamayatsu (3:41) 7. Solitude ( Sorichdo?) Rieko Suzuki and Hiroshi Kondo (3:49) 8. Umi ( lit. The Sea?) Joe Hisaishi (3:22) 9. Shiroi Ry ( lit. White Dragon?) Rikki (3:33) 10. Chihiro no Waltz ( Chihiro no Warutsu?, Chihiro's Waltz) Joe Hisaishi (3:20)

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External links
Official website Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi at the Internet Movie Database Spirited Away at the TCM Movie Database Spirited Away at AllRovi Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi at the Big Cartoon DataBase Spirited Away (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia Spirited Away at Box Office Mojo Spirited Away at Metacritic Spirited Away at Rotten Tomatoes Spirited Away at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
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Animerica review

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