Spirited Away (2001)
- Release Date
- July 20, 2001
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast
- Rumi Hîragi , Miyu Irino , Mari Natsuki , Takashi Naitô , Yasuko Sawaguchi , Tatsuya Gashûin
- Runtime
- 125
- Main Genre
- Animation
- Studio
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Writers
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Tagline
- The tunnel led Chihiro to a mysterious town...
- Franchise
- Studio Ghibli
Summary
In this traditional Japanese anime film, a young girl is taken away to an inhuman world inhabited by strange spirits. Her slovenly parents are turned into pigs, and she is faced with the task of turning them back to human form and finding her way home.
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