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Name: Spirited Away
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Genre: animation, family, fantasy
Released: 2001
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Rating: 8.6

Spirited Away has an iRankMovies score of 90.6/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Spirited Away (2001)

千と千尋の神隠し

Beyond the tunnel was a mysterious town.

Release:2001

Runtime:2h 5m

Country:Japan

Director:Hayao Miyazaki

Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationFamilyFantasy

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Keywords

witchParent Child RelationshipDarknessBath HousemagicSpiritParallel WorldAmusement Park

iRank91

Spirited Away rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.6/10· 964K votes

Rotten Tomatoes96%

Metacritic96%

TMDb8.534/10· 18K votes

With 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.6/10 on IMDb and 96/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Spirited Away

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.

Cast of Spirited Away

Rumi Hiiragi
as Chihiro (voice)
Miyu Irino
as Haku (voice)
Mari Natsuki
as Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)
Takashi Naito
as Father (voice)
Yasuko Sawaguchi
as Mother (voice)
Tatsuya Gashuin
as Aogaeru (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
as Boh (voice)
Yumi Tamai
as Rin (voice)
Yo Oizumi
as Bandai Frog (voice)
Koba Hayashi
as River Spirit (voice)
Tsunehiko Kamijô
as Chichiyaku (voice)
Takehiko Ono
as Aniyaku (voice)

Spirited Away facts

Original title: 千と千尋の神隠し
Budget: $19M
Box office: $274.9M

Our take on Spirited Away

Miyazaki's Oscar-winning fantasy follows ten-year-old Chihiro into a bathhouse for spirits, where she must work, grow brave and rescue her transformed parents. Hand-drawn, strange and quietly profound, it's a coming-of-age tale with no true villains — only wonder and consequence. If its imagination enchanted you, the rest of Studio Ghibli awaits: My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke and Kiki's Delivery Service share its warmth, craft and reverence for the natural and the magical.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Hand-drawn animation captures magical fantasy world with breathtaking artistry throughout
•Imaginative creature and set design creates enduring sense of wonder constantly
•Coming-of-age narrative resonates across cultural boundaries with universal emotional truths

What the audience disliked

•Non-linear plot occasionally becomes confusing requiring multiple viewings for clarity
•Pacing slows during middle section potentially testing younger viewer attention spans