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Spirited Away
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From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002. Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful, and deep" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, 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 herself and return her family to the outside world. An unforgettable story brimming with creativity, SPIRITED AWAY will take you on a journey beyond your imagination. "To enter the world of Hayao Miyazaki is to experience a kind of lighthearted enchantment that is unique to the world of animation" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). It's a fantastic tale the whole family will want to experience over and over again.
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The highest grossing film in Japanese box-office history (more than $234 million), Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro Kamikakushi) is a dazzling film that reasserts the power of drawn animation to create fantasy worlds. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Lewis Carroll's Alice, Chihiro (voice by Daveigh Chase--Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch) plunges into an alternate reality. On the way to their new home, the petulant adolescent and her parents find what they think is a deserted amusement park. Her parents stuff themselves until they turn into pigs, and Chihiro discovers they're trapped in a resort for traditional Japanese gods and spirits. An oddly familiar boy named Haku (Jason Marsden) instructs Chihiro to request a job from Yubaba (Suzanne Pleshette), the greedy witch who rules the spa. As she works, Chihiro's untapped qualities keep her from being corrupted by the greed that pervades Yubaba's mini-empire. In a series of fantastic adventures, she purges a river god suffering from human pollution, rescues the mysterious No-Face, and befriends Yubaba's kindly twin, Zeniba (Pleshette again). The resolve, bravery, and love Chihiro discovers within herself enable her to aid Haku and save her parents. The result is a moving and magical journey, told with consummate skill by one of the masters of contemporary animation. MPAA Rated: PG ("Some scary moments") --Charles Solomon
A wonderful metaphorical coming of ageReview date: 2010-07-23 Rating: 10 out of 10Chihiro is a "typical" pre-teen that is moving with her parents to a new town. After taking some short cut they find a tunnel where "the wind is blowing in". The first thing that I noticed is that Chihiro doesn't want to go trough, but her parents have no problem going inside. They eventually find a deserted town alla Japan circa 1800's that only has restaurants. They find one with lots of food and her parents eat and eat. Again, Chihiro doesn't want to try the food. Everything happens with beautiful ambiance and incidental music by Joe Hisaishi.
Chihiro wonders off and realizes that this town only comes to life at night. A boat arrives with lots of wonderful characters. This also caught my attention. The character design is completely original. This is a clear example of the cultural differences preset in the general direction of Miyazaki. For instance, look at Yubaba, the sorceress that owns the bath house that serves nearly "8 million gods". We all know that this design could hardly be ever approved in a American made animated film.
During this part Chihiro is always afraid until she meets Haku, a 13 year old or so boy that takes her inside the bath house. Haku tells Chihiro to ask Kamaji, an old man with six long arms, for work. Kamaji operates the baths furnace. Kamaji does not have work for her and sends her to Yubaba. In Yubaba's office she meets three green-bald-bearded-bouncing heads. She signs a contract to work for Yubaba as a servant in the bath house and Yubaba literally takes her name and calls her Sen. To me this is a reflection on how one's profession sometimes takes hold of us. With her new job, Sen learns responsability and gains independence.
On night a Stink God arrives to the baths. He brings his eye-opening hair-raising stink along and it's Sen's responsability to lead him in. She learns that it's not the stink outside what counts, but the junk inside, figuratively and literally speaking.
More things happen. There's more characters and situations I won't mention here just in case you have not seen the movie yet. By the end of her journey Chihiro has changed. You can see it in her face. To me the whole experience is a look into her past, present and future life.
ReviewsI am so grateful for this movie...Review date: 2010-07-13 Rating: 10 out of 10I am 35 now, and "Spirited Away" remains my favorite movie, nearly 10 years after its release. I have watched this DVD over 100 times. During a prolonged illness in 2005-2006, I did my best to continue working full-time, and I could do this by remembering what was awaiting me when I got home, and what would keep me company after my family went to bed and I remained in the living room, in too much pain to sleep: the most incredible world ever conceived, where, by watching, I actually felt temporarily free of pain and fear, as though the Yuya bathhouse- in attendance to so many gods- was also tending to me.
Many people have told me that they prefer "Howl's Moving Castle" to "Spirited Away." I love Howl, and the many other movies Miyazaki has made from European stories and/or influences. But the thing that makes "Spirited Away" such a supreme work is that it remains in and of Japan.
I am an American man, and perhaps American motifs have lost some of their appeal as they have naturally saturated every aspect of our art and media... as an anime fan, it was probably inevitable that I developed a fondness for ("My") Japan- the Japan I have come to perceive by studying, reading, watching, etc. etc. etc.....
Here Miyazaki has created a world which embodies so much of that distinct, distant Japanese character- as perceived by an American who has never (yet) been to Japan- and retains something unique, singular and profound... I will always be grateful for this movie!Fantastic FilmReview date: 2010-05-24 Rating: 10 out of 10Amazing animation + intriguing story + great music + super creative characters = Amazing Film
This is one of my all-time favorite films. It's one of few films that I own that I keep coming back to for another viewing.Spirited Away - Very impressed with this movieReview date: 2010-05-01 Rating: 10 out of 10I was impressed with this movie. The story line was great. I watched it three times. I would recommend people to buy this one. I don't have any idea how a child would rate it, it might not be for young children. Twelve and over would understand it.Simply Amazing!Review date: 2010-04-16 Rating: 10 out of 10When i sat down to watch this movie with my 3 and a half yr old daughter i was hoping that she would not lose interest in it. As the movie went on I along with my daughter became mesmerized. As soon as it was over my daughter says Lets watch it again!I said ok. She started to refer to is as the pig movie as i do to this day.
I recomment it to everyone young and old. It is just fantastic.
I also recently watched castle in the sky and i will not let my daughter watch that one. It is too violent in theme and action. It also took me a while to get into it too but i really do not care to much for it.
When Spirited away is refered to as Miyazakis masterpeice it truly is.
Enjoy.
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Recording label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney VideoEAN: 9780788844614Binding: DVDISBN: 078884461XNumber of items: 2Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC, Release date: 2003-04-15Universal product code (UPC): 786936213843Number of discs: 2Aspect ratio: 1.78:1Audience rating: UnratedRegion code: 1Running time: 125 minutesTheatrical release date: 2002Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Original Language)
Language: Japanese (Original Language)
Language: French (Dubbed)
Language: Spanish (Dubbed)
Brand: BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO
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