Spirited Away (10th Anniversary)
Spirited Away (10th Anniversary)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi | Hayao Miyazaki,
2001
Japan | English | Format: 35mm | 125 minutes
Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning triumph follows the whimsical and occasionally terrifying adventures of 10-year-old Chihiro, who becomes trapped in a strange spirit world after an evil witch transforms her parents into pigs. Taking a job as an attendant in the witch’s sprawling bathhouse, Chihiro, now known as Sen, must find a way to rescue her parents—and herself—before she forgets her real name and stays trapped forever. A beautifully drawn coming-of-age story with sharp observations on Japanese societal change, Spirited Away surpassed Titanic as the biggest domestic box-office hit in Japanese history before becoming Miyazaki’s breakthrough film in the United States.
