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Spirited Away (2001)

Spirited Away
Spirited Away
PG
Animation
Adventure
Family
Fantasy

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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