Film

Spirited Away 2001

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

  • Animation, Family, Fantasy
  • 125 min
  • PG

Beyond the tunnel was a mysterious town.

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.

AnimationFamilyFantasywitchparent child relationshipdarknessbath housemagicspiritparallel worldamusement parkyoukaijapanese mythologyanime

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