Spirited Away (2001) movie poster

Spirited Away (2001)

千と千尋の神隠し
"Beyond the tunnel was a mysterious town."
ThumbScore
👍 95%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 96%
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Director
Runtime
2h 5m
Rated
PG
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
TMDB Rating
8.5/10 (18,061 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
96

Cast

Rumi Hiiragi as Chihiro (voice)
Miyu Irino as Haku (voice) · 84% avg
Mari Natsuki as Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)
Takashi Naito as Father (voice) · 83% avg
Yasuko Sawaguchi as Mother (voice)
Tatsuya Gashûin as Aogaeru (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki as Boh (voice) · 85% avg
Yumi Tamai as Rin (voice)

Is Spirited Away good?

Yes. 95% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 96%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#6 / 661 · Animation
Rank in its year
#1 / 146 · 2001
Rank among its director's films
#1 / 12 · Hayao Miyazaki

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by Studio Ghibli. The story follows Chihiro Ogino, a ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters the world of Kami — the spirits of Japanese Shinto folklore. After her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro must work in Yubaba's bathhouse for supernatural beings to find a way to free herself and her parents.

The film draws heavily on Japanese mythology and themes of environmentalism, greed, and the loss of identity. Spirited Away became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history upon its release, earning over $395 million worldwide. The film is widely considered Miyazaki's masterpiece and one of the greatest animated films ever made, praised for its imaginative world-building and emotional depth.

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