Spirited Away
DVD - 2003
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Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
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Add Age SuitabilityTheicehockeygear3471 thinks this title is suitable for 8 years and over
Quotes
Add a Quote"Welcome the rich man, he's hard for you to miss. His butt keeps getting bigger, so there's plenty there to kiss! " - Aogaeru (the green frog)
Chihiro's Father: A new home and a new school? It is a bit scary.
Chihiro: I think I can handle it.
"Anyone can see you're a lazy, spoiled crybaby and you have no manners." --Yubaba to Chihiro
"Once you've met someone, you never really forget them. It just takes a while for your memories to return." --Zeniba
Plenty of quotes from DVD version in IMDb. The BR version is more child friendly etc. e.g. start of the movie, original DVD version:
Reads Card: "I'll miss you, Chihiro. Your best friend, Rumi."
Parent: Chihiro. Chihiro, we're almost there. This really is in the middle of nowhere. I'm gonna have to go to the next town to shop. We'll just have to learn to like it. Look, Chihiro, there's your new school. Looks great, doesn't it? It doesn't look so bad.
Chihiro: It's gonna stink. I liked my old school. Mom! My flowers are dying.
Parent: I told you not to smother them like that. We'll put them in water when we get to our new home.
Chihiro: finally get a bouquet, and it's a good-bye present. That's depressing.
Parent: Daddy bought you a rose for your birthday. Don't you remember?
Chihiro: Yeah, one. Just one rose isn't a bouquet.
Plenty of quotes from DVD version in IMDb. The BR version is more child friendly etc. e.g. start of the movie, BR version:
Card from Rumi: Good luck, Chihiro, Hope we meet again
Parent: Chihiro? Chihiro! We're almost there. This really is the middle of nowhere. I'll have to shop in the next town. We'll just have to make do. Look, there's the elementary school. That's your new school, Chihiro. Why, it looks very nice.
Chihiro: liked my old school. Mom, my flowers got bent.
Parent: No wonder, the way you squeeze them. A little water and they'll perk right up.
Chihiro: My first bouquet, and it's farewell flowers.
Parent: What about the rose you got for your birthday?
Chihiro: One rose? One rose isn't a bouquet.
" Now I remember your name. Your name is the Kohaku River." said Chihiro to Haku (while his flying as the dragon)
Summary
Add a SummaryTen-year old Chihiro and her parents are moving when her father takes a wrong turn. Her father thinks they've found an old amusement park and insists on exploring. Chihiro, scared to be alone, accompanies her parents.
They cross a dry riverbed. Chihiro's parents find an unattended restaurant stall and gorge themselves while Chihiro wanders off. She finds an exquisite bathhouse. Suddenly a boy orders her to cross the river before nightfall. Spirits begin haunting the park, and when Chihiro returns to her parents, they have become pigs.
Chihiro runs to the river, but it has flooded and is impossible to cross. The boy, whose name is Haku, finds her and says he has known her since she was little. He tells her to ask for a job from the bathhouse's boiler-man, Kamaji. Kamaji and the worker Lin send Chihiro to the witch Yubaba, who runs the bathhouse. She gives Chihiro a job but steals her name. She is renamed Sen (千?), the first character of her name.
Haku shows Sen her parents' pigpen. Among her belongings, she finds a goodbye card addressed to Chihiro. She realizes that she's forgotten her name. Haku warns her that Yubaba controls people by taking their names. If she forgets hers like he has forgotten his, then she cannot leave the spirit world.
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Add a CommentOne of the best in class films of Studio Ghibli. Magical and well crafted, this film is for adults as much as children.
A captivating coming of age story about a young girl named Chihiro who has to navigate the spiritual world to save her family.
One of the first anime film that I watched. Even as a classic animated film, this is one that is still very vibrate and magical. Highly recommended, so don't miss out.
Spirited Away is an imaginative tale about Chihiro and her development as a 10-year-old girl. The film had amazing commentary and themes of greed, identity, and friendship. I found the character development of Chihiro the most inspiring theme; shifting from a timid and fear-ridden child to a confident and self-reliant teenager. This theme of adulthood is heavily present throughout the film, demonstrating that we must overcome fear and aversion in order to mature. The side characters are playful, diverse, and intricate. The animation is absolutely astounding and the voice acting (I watched with English dub) was spot on.
"Spirited Away" was a film that made me wish it had been around when I was a young child (I'm in my 60's, so it was a bit late for me!) or that I had small children - especially girls - to show it to when I discovered it. The story, showing how the little girl protagonist evolves from a sulky child into a self-reliant human being who realizes how much she can do, is exactly the message for young children. And it is presented in such a beautiful and entertaining vehicle! I own a copy that I loaned this to younger adults with small children - one guy showed it to his kids and ended up buying it for his family to have.
This is a wild - even erratic - highly imaginative phantasy filled with symbolism that is unclear for large chunks of the film. Because the focus is constantly on the main character, rather than trying to develop the plot in other scenes, there is a strong narrative cohesion to it. Its fun to watch, the action never lags, and it has an important message (though I don't think that its the one in the promotional description).
Spirited Away is one of the greatest animated movies. A little girl named Chihiro must enter the world of spirits to save her parents. It is a bit frightening in places, but it is a story about overcoming fear and the frights serve a purpose as Chihiro learns to help others with her own courage.
Writer-director Hayao Miyazaki, who previously made the impressive Princess Mononoke, has created a wonderfully bizarre world filled with a gallery of creepy, and some not so-creepy, characters.
Great animation, some good storyline. Not an easy watch.
One of Miyazaki's finest achievements. The musical score brings me to tears almost without fail and the story is mesmerizing for both children and adults alike. There is a simple innocence to it that wraps itself around the viewer's heart and leaves an impression well over it's run time.