Film recommendation · 2001
Spirited Away
千と千尋の神隠し
Hayao Miyazaki · 2h 5m
Japan · Japanese
Animation · Fantasy
What is Spirited Away about?
A ten-year-old must work in a bathhouse for spirits after her parents are transformed during a move to a new town.
Why watch Spirited Away?
Miyazaki makes growing up strange, frightening and exhilarating without sanding down any of childhood’s mystery. It is both a grand adventure and a precise lesson in paying attention.
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