Spirited Away

Japan, 2001

Film
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During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by magical creatures. Separated from her parents, who have now been transformed into pigs, Chihiro embarks on a fantastical adventure in which she encounters talking toads, walruses, penguins and a sludge monster, among other bizarre deities and demons, on her quest to find her way home.

Spirited Away perfectly blends the unknown rules of the supernatural world with the young heroine’s unblinking acceptance of her new and strange environment.

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Credits

producer

Toshio Suzuki

Duration

02:05:00

Production places
Japan
Production dates
2001

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-129

Language

Japanese

Subject categories

Animation

Family

Fantasy

TMDB-Movie

129

Wikidata

Q155653

Collected

11 times

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