Spirited Away (2001) Japan
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Director:Hayao Miyazaki
Studio:Walt Disney Video
Writer:Hayao Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki
Rating:4.5 (821 votes)
Rated:PG
ASIN:B00005JLEU
UPC:9780788844614
Price:$29.99
Awards:Won Oscar. Another 34 wins & 17 nominations
Genre:Animation
Release:2003-04-15
IMDb:0245429
Duration:125
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0
Languages:English, French
Subtitles:English
Features:Animated
Introduction by John Lasseter
The Art of 'Spirited Away'
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Hayao Miyazaki  ...  (Director)
Hayao Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki  ...  (Writer)
 
Rumi Hîragi  ...  Chihiro/Sen (voice)
Miyu Irino  ...  Haku (voice)
Mari Natsuki  ...  Yubaba/Zeniba (voice)
Takashi Naitô  ...  Chihiro's Father (voice)
Yasuko Sawaguchi  ...  Chihiro's Mother (voice)
Tatsuya Gashuin  ...  Aogaeru, Assistant Manager (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki  ...  Bôh (voice)
Yumi Tamai  ...  Lin (voice)
Yo Oizumi  ...  Bandai-gaeru (voice)
Koba Hayashi  ...  Kawa no Kami (voice)
Tsunehiko Kamijô  ...  Chichiyaku (voice)
Takehiko Ono  ...  Aniyaku (voice)
Bunta Sugawara  ...  Kamajii (voice)
Noriko Kitou  ...  Additional Voices (voice)
Shiro Saito  ...  Additional Voices (voice)
Comments: (The tunnel led Chihiro to a mysterious town,,,)

Summary: The highest grossing film in Japanese box-office history (more than $234 million), Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" ("Sen To Chihiro Kamikakushi") is a dazzling film that reasserts the power of drawn animation to create fantasy worlds. Like Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" and Lewis Carroll's Alice, Chihiro (voice by Daveigh Chase--Lilo in Disney's "Lilo & Stitch") plunges into an alternate reality. On the way to their new home, the petulant adolescent and her parents find what they think is a deserted amusement park. Her parents stuff themselves until they turn into pigs, and Chihiro discovers they're trapped in a resort for traditional Japanese gods and spirits. An oddly familiar boy named Haku (Jason Marsden) instructs Chihiro to request a job from Yubaba (Suzanne Pleshette), the greedy witch who rules the spa. As she works, Chihiro's untapped qualities keep her from being corrupted by the greed that pervades Yubaba's mini-empire. In a series of fantastic adventures, she purges a river god suffering from human pollution, rescues the mysterious No-Face, and befriends Yubaba's kindly twin, Zeniba (Pleshette again). The resolve, bravery, and love Chihiro discovers within herself enable her to aid Haku and save her parents. The result is a moving and magical journey, told with consummate skill by one of the masters of contemporary animation. MPAA Rated: PG ("Some scary moments") "--Charles Solomon"