Spirited Away

Also Known As: Miyazaki's Spirited Away

Company: Studio Ghibli / Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) / DENTSU Music And Entertainment

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Budget: JPY 1,900,000,000

Full Cast: Daveigh Chase / Suzanne Pleshette / Susan Egan / David Ogden Stiers / Lauren Holly / Michael Chiklis / John Ratzenberger / Jack Angel / Bob Bergen / Rodger Bumpass / Jennifer Darling / Paul Eiding / Tatsuya Gashûin / Koba Hayashi / Rumi Hiiragi / Miyu Irino / Tsunehiko Kamijô / Ryûnosuke Kamiki / Noriko Kitou / Sherry Lynn / Jason Marsden / Mona Marshall / Mickie McGowan / Candi Milo / Takashi Naitô / Mari Natsuki / Colleen O'Shaughnessey / Yô Oizumi / Takehiko Ono / Phil Proctor / Shiro Saito / Yasuko Sawaguchi / Tara Strong / Bunta Sugawara / Yumi Tamai / Jim Ward / Ken Yasuda

Cast and Character: Daveigh Chase as Chihiro / Suzanne Pleshette as Yubaba / Zeniba / Susan Egan as Lin / David Ogden Stiers as Kamajii / Lauren Holly as Chihiro's Mother / Michael Chiklis as Chihiro's Father / John Ratzenberger as Assistant Manager / Jack Angel as Additional Voices / Bob Bergen as No-Face / Frog / Additional Voices / Rodger Bumpass as Additional Voices / Jennifer Darling as Additional Voices / Paul Eiding as Additional Voices / Tatsuya Gashûin as Aogaeru, Assistant Manager / Koba Hayashi as Kawa no Kami / Rumi Hiiragi as Chihiro / Sen

Color: Color

Countries: Japan

Creators: n/A

Description: In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and monsters; where humans are changed into animals; and a bathhouse for these creatures.

Directors: Hayao Miyazaki

Genres: Animation / Adventure / Family / Fantasy

Languages: Japanese

Location: n/A

MPAA: Rated PG for some scary moments

Opening Weekend: £152,504

Plot: Chihiro and her parents are moving to a small Japanese town in the countryside and Chihiro is missing her old house. Chihiro's father makes a wrong turn and drives through a lonely land road with dead end in a tunnel. Her parents decide to stop the car and explore the area. They cross the tunnel and find an abandoned cultural theme park on the other side with a ghost town. When her parents sees a restaurant with smelling food but no staff, they decide to eat to pay later; however Chihiro refuses to eat and decides to visit the place. She meets the boy Haku that tells her that her parents and she are in danger and they must leave the place. She runs to the restaurant and finds that her parents have turned into pigs. Further, the place is a bathhouse of spirits, monsters, gods and ghosts owned by the witch Yubaba. Now Chihiro counts on Haku to save her parents and return to their world.

Poster: posters/0245429.jpg

Rating: 8.6

Release Date: 20 July 2001 (Japan)

Runtime: 125 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: DTS-ES / Dolby Digital EX / Dolby / Dolby Digital

Tagline: (The tunnel led Chihiro to a mysterious town...)

Title: Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/

Votes: 233,004

Writers: Hayao Miyazaki

Year: 2001

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