Spirited Away

Year

2001

Duration

125 minutes

Genres

Animation

Language

English

This fantasy animated film from Japan follows the adventures of a young girl named Chihiro. While driving to their new home, Chihiro and her family stop by an open-air restaurant. There's no one to be seen, but the most delicious food laid out, so her parents decided to eat. Chihiro senses something is wrong and she's right. A spell is cast on her parents and only a mysterious boy named Haku can help her break it. The result is one of the most extraordinary and unique films you will ever see.

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Director/s

Hayao Miyazaki

Cast

Classification

This film has a couple of uses of mild bad language

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Spirited Away

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Duration

Genres

Language

Director/s

Cast

Classification

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