Spirited Away

Spirited Away
Spirited Away film poster
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Written by	Hayao Miyazaki
Starring	Rumi Hiiragi Miyu Irino Mari Natsuki Takashi Naitō Yasuko Sawaguchi (Japan) Daveigh Chase Jason Marsden Michael Chiklis Lauren Holly Suzanne Pleshette David Ogden Stiers Susan Egan Bob Bergen Tara Strong (USA)
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography	Atsushi Okui
Editing by	Takeshi Seyama
Distributed by	Toho (Japan) Studio Ghibli (Japan) Walt Disney Pictures (USA) United International Pictures (South Africa) Europa Filmes (Brazil) Optimum Releasing (UK)
Release date(s)	Japan: July 27 2001 United States: September 20 2002 Canada: November 6 2002 Australia: December 12, 2002 United Kingdom: September 12 2003
Running time	124 min.
Language	Japanese and English

Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi^?, lit. Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) is a 2001 film by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, written and directed by famed animator Hayao Miyazaki.

The film received many awards, including the second Oscar ever awarded for Best Animated Feature, the first anime film to win an Academy Award, and the only winner of that award to be traditionally animated or win among five nominees (in every other year there were three nominees). The film also won the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival (tied with Bloody Sunday).

Spirited Away overtook Titanic to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Themes 4 Production 5 Distribution 5.1 Theatrical 5.2 DVD 5.3 Television 6 Version differences 7 Reception 8 Soundtracks 8.1 Original soundtrack listing 8.2 Image album track listing 9 Cast 10 References 11 External links

Plot

Chihiro and her parents are moving to a new town. Whilst driving, her father gets lost, stumbling across what appears to be an abandoned theme park. The family explores the park, finding the stalls are full of freshly-cooked food, and Chihiro's parents begin to partake of the food. Chihiro refuses to join them and so, instead, she wanders off on her own and encounters a boy named Haku. Haku seems to be familiar with Chihiro and warns her urgently to escape with her parents; she returns to find her parents have turned to pigs and that the way back has become a deep river. Spirits begin to appear and go about celebrating in the park. Haku secretly takes Chihiro to a large bathhouse, careful to avoid alerting the spirits to the presence of a human. Haku then tells her that she must get a job from the witch Yubaba, the owner of the park's bathhouse, until he can help her recover her parents and escape.

With the help of the boiler room master Kamajii and a bathhouse servant girl Lin, Chihiro is able to convince Yubaba to give her a job; in exchange, Chihiro is forced to give up her name so that Yubaba may keep her in her service forever and is subsequently given the name "Sen". Chihiro eventually learns that Haku is similarly indebted to Yubaba. Chihiro is put to work alongside Lin, helping to bathe and serve the most difficult spirits in the bathhouse. Chihiro is able to successfully bathe a "stink spirit", in fact revealed to be a river spirit who awards Chihiro with an emetic. Later, Chihiro discovers Haku's true form, a dragon, as he is attacked by paper birds controlled by Zeniba, Yubaba's twin sister. Haku had stolen Zeniba's sigil under orders from Yubaba. Chihiro tries to help Haku recover with the emetic, recovering Zeniba's sigil, but Haku remains comatose and Chihiro decides to travel to Zeniba's home to return the sigil, hoping to break her curse. Chihiro sets out on a lonely train ride across the spirit world - along with a wraith-like spirit called No Face who terrorized the bathhouse and tried to earn the affection of Chihiro, and Boh, Yubaba's gigantic infant son that Zeniba has transformed into a mouse.

The group arrives at Zeniba's house to find that Zeniba is friendlier than expected, and that the curse on Haku was placed on him by Yubaba, but Chihiro's love and caring has broken the seal. Zeniba makes Chihiro a special hairband in thanks for returning the sigil, and No Face is offered to stay at Zeniba's home as her assistant. Haku, now recovered, shows up to return Chihiro to the bathhouse, explaining that Yubaba will return Chihiro's parents to normal and allow all three of them to leave in exchange for returning Boh. As they travel on Haku's dragon form, Chihiro realizes that Haku is the same river spirit that saved her as a child when she fell into the Kohaku River, and the realization helps to completely break Yubaba's control on Haku. At the bathhouse, Yubaba reveals that Chihiro must pass one more task as part of Haku's deal: to identify which pigs out of several are her parents. Chihiro passes the test and Yubaba is forced to let her and her family go. Haku escorts her to the entrance of the spirit world, telling her that her parents are waiting on the other side, but to not look back or else the deal will be broken. Chihiro rejoins her parents, not once looking back; the family loses any memory of their time in the spirit world and return to their car to continue to their new home. Zeniba's hairband is still in Chihiro's hair.

Characters

Chihiro Ogino/Sen (荻野 千尋, Ogino Chihiro^?) 

Chihiro is the 10-year old protagonist of the movie. Chihiro is in the process of moving to a new town when her family stumbles upon the entrance to the spirit world. During her adventure she matures from a whiny, self-centered, and pessimistic child to a hard-working, responsible, optimistic young girl who has learned to care for others. She is renamed "Sen" (千, sen^?, lit. "a thousand") by the proprietor of the bathhouse, Yubaba. In Japanese orthography, "Sen" is an alternative pronunciation of "Chi", the first kanji in her name "Chihiro", which roughly translates as "a thousand fathoms". The movie ends with Chihiro retaining her new inner strength. It is implied that someday she will meet Haku again.

Voiced by: Rumi Hiiragi (Japanese), Daveigh Chase (English)

Haku/Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi (ハク/ニギハヤミ コハクヌシ, haku/nigihayami kohakunushi^?) 

A young boy who helps Chihiro after her parents have transformed into pigs. He helps protect her from danger and gives her advice. Haku works as Yubaba's direct subordinate, often running errands and performing missions for her. He has the ability to fly and his true form is a dragon. Toward the end of the story Chihiro recalls falling into the Kohaku (コハク, Kohaku^?) river, of which Haku is the spirit; she thus frees him from Yubaba's service by helping him remember his real name and past, which he had forgotten due to the name change and the curse which Yubaba has placed on him. While he seems often cold-hearted, and is disliked by the bathhouse staff, Haku is unfailingly kind to Chihiro, perhaps because of his experience of her in the past, which he partly remembers. When Yubaba is listening, Haku is as sharp-voiced to Chihiro as to anyone else, so as to avoid the revelation of his growing fondness for her. Yubaba sees him merely as a tool. At the end of the movie, he promises to see Chihiro again, presumably after he breaks his apprenticeship.

Voiced by: Miyu Irino (Japanese), Jason Marsden (English)

Yubaba (湯婆婆, Yubaaba^?, lit. "bath crone") 

An old witch with an inhumanly large head and nose, who supervises the bathhouse. She reluctantly signs Chihiro into a contract (having, at some point in the past, bound herself with an oath to give a job to anybody who asks). Yubaba then takes Chihiro's name and renames her "Sen" in order to hold power over her for the duration of the contract. She also does this to her other workers, so she can keep them in service forever. Yubaba has an over-bearing and authoritarian personality, but does show a soft side toward her giant baby, Boh. In contrast to her simple and hospitable sister Zeniba, Yubaba lives in opulent quarters and is only interested in taking care of guests for money. Though she is very intuitive and perceptive, she does not notice when her own baby is gone. When Haku prompts her by telling her that something she values is missing, her first reaction is to scrutinize the gold. Her appearance somewhat resembles that of Sir John Tenniel's drawings of The Duchess from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, who also has an inhumanly large head and treats Alice remarkably similar to how Yubaba treats Chihiro,

Voiced by: Mari Natsuki (Japanese), Suzanne Pleshette (English)

Kamajii (釜爺/缶爺, lit. "kettle geezer"/"boiler geezer"^?) 

An old man with six arms, who operates the boiler room of the bathhouse. A number of Susuwatari (ススワタリ, Susuwatari^?) (Soot balls) work for him by carrying coal into his furnace. He has a large cabinet where he keeps all the herbs that are used in the baths. After some persuasion, he allows Chihiro to work at the bathhouse and even pretends to be her grandfather to protect her, though this ruse does not stand for long. He later takes an injured Haku into his boiler room and cares for him while Chihiro, given train tickets by Kamajii, journeys to Zeniba's cottage. At first he seems cold and uncaring, but by the end of the movie he seems to have grown a soft spot for Chihiro and for anyone whom she calls her friend. His appearance resembles a large humanoid spider, with several arms which seem to be stretchable. His face bears a likeness to the Old Engineer from Castle in the Sky.

Voiced by: Bunta Sugawara (Japanese), David Ogden Stiers (English)

No Face (カオナシ, Kaonashi^?, lit. 'without face') 

No Face is an odd spirit who takes an interest in Chihiro. Chihiro, seeing No Face standing outside in the rain, takes pity on the creature and lets him into the bathhouse to take shelter from the storm. At first, he is a strange, cloaked, masked wraith that merely breathes and smiles. No Face is a lonely being who seems to sustain itself on the emotions of those he encounters, particularly their emotional reception to his gifts. He is helpful to Chihiro because she helped him, whereas after observing the bathhouse staff's reaction to gold and his own attempts to win them over with more gold, he reacts to their greed by becoming a grotesque monster which eats lots of food and some of the staff. After Chihiro feeds him the final piece of the medicine ball given to her by the River Spirit, No Face regurgitates everything he consumed, including the bathhouse staff members, all of whom are alive and well. Once he has emptied himself of these foreign influences and left the bathhouse, No Face reverts to his former state. At the end, he stays with Zeniba as a helper. No Face's mask, movement, and name share many similarities with the Japanese Noh theater. He assumes the voice(s) and personality of those he "eats", but does not speak when he has nobody inside him. In his natural state, he is a demure, simple-minded creature who is very moved by his emotions and those of others.

Voiced by: Tatsuya Gashuin (Japanese), Bob Bergen (English)

Lin (リン, Rin^?) 

A worker at the bathhouse who becomes Chihiro's caretaker. Although aloof at first, she warms up to Chihiro and grows a strong bond with her. When Chihiro leaves the bathhouse, Lin warns No Face, who had previously gone on a rampage, not to harm Chihiro. At the end, she is happy for Chihiro when the latter finally goes home. In the English dub, Lin states that she wishes to leave the bathouse for some better life. She is very surprised when Kamajii gives Chihiro train tickets, while not understanding Sen and Haku's love.

Voiced by: Yumi Tamai (Japanese), Susan Egan (English)

Boh (坊, Bō^?) 

Boh is Yubaba's son. Although he has the appearance of a young baby, he is twice Yubaba's size. He is also very strong and can be dangerous. Yubaba spoils him and goes out of her way to give him whatever he wants. He believes that going outside will make him ill. When Sen is trapped in his room, she tells Boh that staying in his room all the time will sicken him. Later, Zeniba turns him into a mouse. He becomes good friends with Chihiro while in his mouse form and eventually stands up to Yubaba to protect Chihiro. Boh tells Yubaba he had a good time when he was with Chihiro. His little adventure may be seen as an analogy to Chihiro's adventures and growing up. This idea suggests that Boh is overgrown because he has never really matured under Yubaba's doting care.

Voiced by: Ryūnosuke Kamiki (Japanese), Tara Strong (English)

Note: Elements of Ryūnosuke Kamiki's voice can be heard in the English language version (e.g. when Boh cries during the scene where Chihiro/Sen gets her contract).

Akio Ogino (荻野 明夫, Ogino Akio^?) 

Chihiro's father. Akio's impulsive behaviour catalyzes the unfolding of events in the beginning of the movie, climaxing in his transformation into a pig. He is suggested to be relatively wealthy; when he eats the spirits' offering, he says to Chihiro, "Don't worry, you've got daddy here. He's got credit cards and cash".

Voiced by: Takashi Naito (Japanese), Michael Chiklis (English)

Yuko Ogino (荻野 悠子, Ogino Yuko^?) 

Chihiro's mother who, along with Chihiro's father, is turned into a pig at the start of the movie. She and her husband are never named during the film, and only referred to as Chihiro's parents.

Voiced by: Yasuko Sawaguchi (Japanese), Lauren Holly (English)

Kashira (カシラ, Kashira^?) 

A trio of green, disembodied, boss-eyed heads living in Yubaba's office that move around by bouncing and rolling. They do not speak except in small grunts produced when they bounce. They are later changed into an illusion of Boh by Zeniba in order to trick Yubaba.

River Spirit (川の神, kawa no kami^?) 

A customer of the bathhouse originally thought to be a "stink spirit", who is assigned to Chihiro and Lin. Yubaba suspects that he may be something more than a stink spirit; when Chihiro helps him by pulling trash that had been dumped into his river out of his side (Miyazaki had a strong interest in the environment and wished to portray the destruction of rivers), her suspicions are proven correct. He is in fact a famous and wealthy river god. As a reward for cleaning him, he gives Chihiro a ball of plant material which, viewers are told by Kamajii in the English-subtitled version, is a "healing cake". In the English dubbed version, Kamajii simply states that it is medicine from the river god. The "healing cake" is later used to heal an injured Haku through ingestion and to cause No Face to vomit the people and vast amounts of food he ate during his rampage. It is implied that the taste of it is extremely disagreeable, as demonstrated when Chihiro tries a bite and reacts in violent disgust.

Zeniba (銭婆, Zeniba^?, zeni can refer to both money and public baths, making her name a play on Yubaba's) 

Zeniba is Yubaba's younger twin sister and rival. Although identical in appearance, their personalities are almost polar opposites. At first she appears no kinder than Yubaba when she becomes enraged at Haku for stealing her magic seal and threatens to take it back, regardless of what happens to Haku. Hoping to gain Zeniba's forgiveness, Chihiro journeys to Zeniba's cottage to return it and apologize. It is then that Zeniba reveals her true character as that of a kind, grandmotherly figure, even sentimentally requesting Chihiro to call her "Granny" in the English version. Zeniba makes dessert and tea for her and No Face, and does her best to help Chihiro while realizing that there are limits to what she can do, stating, "I really wish I could help but you will have to take care of your mother, father, and that dragon boyfriend of yours by yourself". She forgives Haku for stealing her seal (in the Japanese version she states that she no longer blames him) and tells him to look after Chihiro. She then sees everyone off, assuring Chihiro that she will be well. Zeniba additionally takes No Face as an assistant, possibly to his gratitude.

Themes

Miyazaki characters have negative and positive traits in different situations.

Some suggest that the film is an allegory on the progression from childhood to maturity, and the risk of losing one's nature in the process. The theme of a character being lost inside a (fictional/different) world if he/she forgets his/her real name is a common folk theme. True names having magic power are a staple of folks tales such as Rumplestilskin. Similarly, Chihiro and Haku stay under Yubaba's control forever if they forget their real names and consequently their real identities.

The main character is a sullen, spoiled, and very modern Japanese ten-year-old being forced to grow up when faced with more traditional Japanese culture and manners. Miyazaki himself has said that there is an element of nostalgia for an older Japan in this film and several of his others.^[1]

Miyazaki also included a theme advocating the prevention of greed: those swallowed by No Face were attempting to receive the gold he made. Similarly, in a monomyth format, Yubaba's rich accommodations and interest in gold dominate the "road of trials" portions of the film, while Zeniba's rustic home and grandmotherly demeanor arguably mark Chihiro's gain of the "boon" in her quest. Also, Chihiro's parents' grotesque transformation after consuming too much food not meant for them is another representation of human greed,^[1] and may also be a reference to The Odyssey.

Environmental awareness is a theme explored by Roger Ebert.^[2] The most obvious examples of this are the river spirit's dramatic and beautiful transformation once he has been freed from the material dumped in him by humans, and Haku's discovery that the reason he cannot go home is that the River Kohaku, whose spirit he was, had been filled in by apartment buildings. This environmental awareness is present in several of Miyazaki's works, such as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke.

Production

Hayao Miyazaki came out of retirement to make this film after meeting the daughter of a friend, on whom the main character is based. Chihiro's father, Akio, was based on the real-life father of the girl Chihiro is based on. Miyazaki said the real-life father is similar to Akio in the habits of always getting lost while driving and eating too fast. Chihiro's mother (Yuuko) is based on a friend of Miyazaki's; an idiosyncratic hand-gesture of Miyazaki's friend is copied when Yuuko is eating in Spirited Away. Chihiro's best friend's name is Rumi (the one who gave her the flowers), which is the name of Chihiro's voice actor.

Distribution

Theatrical

Spirited Away was released in Japan in July 2001, drawing an audience of around 23 million and revenues of ¥30 billion (approx. US$250 million), to become the highest-grossing film in Japanese history (surpassing the film Princess Mononoke for highest grossing animated motion pictures). It was the first movie to have earned $200 million at the worldwide box office before opening in the United States.^[3] By 2002, a sixth of the Japanese population had seen it.

The film was dubbed into English by Walt Disney Pictures, under the supervision of Pixar's John Lasseter. It was subsequently released in the United States on September 20 2002 and had made slightly over $10 million by September 2003.^[4]

DVD

The film was released in North America by Disney's Buena Vista Distribution arm on DVD format on April 15 2003 where the attention brought by the Oscar win made the title a strong seller.^[5] Spirited Away is often marketed, sold and associated with other Miyazaki movies such as Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

The North American English-dubbed version was released on DVD in the UK on March 29, 2004. In 2005 it was re released by Optimum Releasing with a more accurate subtitle track and additional bonus features.

The back of the Region 1 DVD from Disney and the Region 4 DVD from Madman states that the aspect ratio is the original ratio of 2.00:1. This is incorrect; the ratio is actually 1.85:1 but has been windowboxed to 2.00:1 to compensate for the overscan on most television sets. There is much dispute over the validity of this practice, as many displays are capable of showing the entire picture, and as a result the DVD picture has a noticeable border around it.

All Asian releases of the DVD (including Japan and Hong Kong) have a noticeably accentuated amount of red in their picture transfer. This is another case of compensating for home theatre displays, this time supposedly for LCD television which, it was claimed, had a diminished red colour in its display. Releases in other DVD regions such as the U.S., Europe and Australia use a picture transfer where this "red tint" has been significantly reduced.

Television

The U.S. television premiere of this film was on Turner Classic Movies in early 2006, closely followed by its Cartoon Network premiere on the channel's "Fridays" block on February 3, 2006. On March 18, Cartoon Network's Toonami began a "Month of Miyazaki" that featured four movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki, with Spirited Away being the first of four. Cartoon Network showed the movie three times more: once on Christmas 2006, for Toonami's "New Year's Eve Eve" on December 30, and on March 31, 2007. It was also shown again on Turner Classic Movies on June 3, 2007.

The first European television showing of the film (both the subtitled Japanese and dubbed English versions) was in the UK on December 29 2004 on Sky Cinema 1,^[6] and it has since been repeated several times. The first UK terrestrial showing of this film (dubbed into English) was on BBC2 on December 30, 2006. The Japanese subtitled version was first shown on BBC4 on the 26th January 2008.

The Canadian television premiere of the film was on CBC Television on September 30th, 2007.[1] In order to fit the film into a two hour time slot with commercials, extensive time cuts were made during this airing.

Australian television audiences premiered Spirited Away on March 24, on its SBS channel.^[7] The movie had been heavily marketed previously, and was featured in the Australian TV Guide;^[7] no edits were made during viewing.

Version differences

Some changes were made to the film by John Lasseter and the other writers of the English dub.

Changes include:

• The insertion of a significant portion of background chatter.
• Adjusting the translated dialogue to match the visible mouth movements of the characters.
• The addition of dialogue explaining or emphasizing certain on-screen elements: for example, when Chihiro reaches a massive, red, steaming building, she comments, "It's a bathhouse." These insertions are mostly used to explain certain aspects of Japanese culture that are foreign in western countries.
• In the English dub, in order to escape from him, Chihiro convinces Boh that the blood on her hands is, in fact, germs. In the original script, she simply tells the truth and refers to it as blood.
• The alteration and/or omission of several lines from the Japanese version: for example, upon hearing Haku's request to return 'Sen' and her parents to the human world in exchange for Boh, Yubaba says that she will still give 'Sen' one final test. In the original film, she instead threatens to tear Haku to pieces after sending them back.
• New lyrics were improvised by John Ratzenberger for the English version of a song sung by Aogaeru, as well as his exclamation, "Now that's an esophagus!"
• During the cleansing of the Stink Spirit in the Japanese Version, Lin arrives on the scene and simply states that Kamajii is sending his best herbal water to the bath. In the English dub, Lin asks if Chihiro is all right and promises to not let her get hurt.

Miyazaki himself has stated that Chihiro, at the end of the film, does not remember what happened to her in the spirit world, but that her adventures were also not a dream. To show the audience that something did happen, he gave several hints, such as dust and leaves on the car. Chihiro's hairband, given to her by Zeniba, glittering by the sunlight was also one of the hints.^[8] The English dub adds a line indicating that Chihiro has come away from her adventure a better person.

Reception

Based on 146 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes,^[9] it ranks as the eighth-best animation film, having a 97% rating on the site.^[10] The film occupies the rank of #59 on the IMDB Top 250 Movies list as of November 2008.^[11]

Soundtracks

The closing song, "Always With Me" (いつも何度でも, Itsumo Nandodemo^?, literally, "Always, No Matter How Many Times") was written and performed by Yumi Kimura, a composer and lyre-player from Osaka. The lyrics were written by Kimura's friend Wakako Kaku. The song was intended to be used for a different Miyazaki film which was never released, Rin the Chimney Painter (煙突描きのリン, Entotsu-kaki no Rin^?). In the special features of the DVD, Hayao Miyazaki explains how the song in fact inspired him to create Spirited Away.

The other 20 tracks on the original soundtrack were composed by Joe Hisaishi. His "The River of That Day" (あの日の川, Ano hi no Kawa^?) received the 56th Mainichi Film Competition Award for Best Music, the Tokyo International Anime Fair 2001 Best Music Award in the Theater Movie category, and the 16th Japan Gold Disk Award for Animation Album of the Year. Later, Hisaishi added lyrics to "Ano hi no Kawa" and named the new version "The Name of Life" (いのちの名前, "Inochi no Namae"^?) which was performed by Ayaka Hirahara.

Beside the Original Soundtrack, there is also an Image Album, which contains 10 tracks.

Original soundtrack listing

	Track	Author	Duration
1	One Summer's Day (あの夏へ, Ano Natsu e?)	Joe Hisaishi (久石譲, Joe Hisaishi?)	3:09
2	Road To Somewhere (とおり道, Toori Michi?)		2:07
3	Empty Restaurant (誰もいない料理店, Dare mo Inai Ryouriten?)		3:15
4	Nighttime Coming (夜来る, Yoru kuru?)		2:00
5	Dragon Boy (竜の少年, Ryuu no Shounen?)		2:12
6	Sootballs (ボイラー虫, Boiraa Mushi?)		2:33
7	Procession Of The Spirits (神さま達, Kami-samatachi?)		3:00
8	Yubaba (湯婆婆, Yubaba?)		3:30
9	Bathhouse Morning (湯屋の朝, Yuya no Asa?)		2:02
10	Day Of The River (あの日の川, Ano Hi no Kawa?)		3:13
11	It's Hard Work (仕事はつらいぜ, Shigoto wa Tsuraize?)		2:26
12	Stink Spirit (おクサレ神, Okusare kami?)		4:01
13	Sen's Courage (千の勇気, Sen no Yuuki?)		2:45
14	Bottomless Pit (底なし穴, Sokonashi ana?)		1:18
15	No Face (カオナシ, Kaonashi?)		3:47
16	Sixth Station (6番目の駅, Roku-banme no Eki?)		3:38
17	Yubaba's Panic (湯婆婆狂乱, Yubaba Kyouran?)		1:38
18	House At Swamp Bottom (沼の底の家, Numa no Soko no Ie?)		1:29
19	Reprise (ふたたび, Futatabi?)		4:53
20	The Return Day (帰る日, Kaeru Hi?)		3:20
21	Always With Me (いつも何度でも, Itsu mo Nando demo?)	Yumi Kimura (木村弓, Yumi Kimura?)	3:35

Image album track listing

1. あの日の川へ [Ano Hi no Kawa e/To the River of that Day] by Umi (3:54)
2. 夜が来る [Yoru Ga Kuru/The Night is Coming] by Joe Hisaishi (4:25)
3. 神々さま [Kamigami-sama/The Gods] by Shizuru Otaka (3:55)
4. 油屋 [Yuya/The Bathhouse] by Tsunehiko Kamijou (3:56)
5. 不思議の国の住人 [Fushigi no Kuni no Jyuunin/People in the Wonderland] by Joe Hisaishi (3:20)
6. さみしいさみしい [Samishii, Samishii/Lonely, Lonely] by Monsieur Kamayatsu (3:41)
7. ソリチュード [Kodoku/Solitude] by Rieko Suzuki and Hiroshi Kondo (3:49)
8. 海 [Umi/The Sea] by Joe Hisaishi (3:22)
9. 白い竜 [Shiroi Ryuu/White Dragon] by RIKKI (3:33)
10. 千尋のワルツ [Chihiro no WARUTSU/Chihiro's Waltz] by Joe Hisaishi (3:20)

Cast

Character	Japanese version	English version
Chihiro Ogino/Sen	Rumi Hiiragi	Daveigh Chase
Haku	Miyu Irino	Jason Marsden
Yubaba/Zeniba	Mari Natsuki	Suzanne Pleshette
Kamajii	Bunta Sugawara	David Ogden Stiers
No-Face	Akio Nakamura	Bob Bergen
Lin	Yūmi Tamai	Susan Egan
Bō	Ryūnosuke Kamiki	Tara Strong
Akio Ogino	Takashi Naitō	Michael Chiklis
Yuko Ogino	Yasuko Sawaguchi	Lauren Holly
Chichi-yaku	Tsunehiko Kamijō
Ani-yaku	Takehiko Ono
Ao-gaeru	Tatsuya Gashūin	John Ratzenberger
Bandai-gaeru	Yō Ōizumi	Bob Bergen
River God	Koba Hayashi
Additional voices	Shirō Saitō Michiko Yamamoto Keiko Tsukamoto Akio Nakamura Kaori Yamagata Ikuko Yamamoto Noriko Kitō Ken Yasuda Shigeyuki Totsugi Mayumi Sako Rina Yamada Makiko Oku	Jack Angel Rodger Bumpass Jennifer Darling Paul Eiding Sherry Lynn Mona Marshall Mickie McGowan Candi Milo Colleen O'Shaughnessey Philip Proctor Jim Ward

References

External links

• Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi at the Internet Movie Database
• Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Spirited Away (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
• Spirited Away at Metacritic
• Spirited Away at Rotten Tomatoes
• Spirited Away at SparkNotes
• Spirited Away at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Intimacy	Golden Bear winner 2002 tied with Bloody Sunday	Succeeded by In This World

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Shrek (2001) · Spirited Away (2002) · Finding Nemo (2003) · The Incredibles (2004) · Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) · Happy Feet (2006) · Ratatouille (2007)

Studio Ghibli films Pre-Ghibli films Hols: Prince of the Sun · Panda! Go, Panda! · The Castle of Cagliostro · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Studio Ghibli features Castle in the Sky · My Neighbor Totoro · Grave of the Fireflies · Ocean Waves · Kiki's Delivery Service · Only Yesterday · Porco Rosso · Pom Poko · Whisper of the Heart · Princess Mononoke · My Neighbors the Yamadas · Spirited Away · The Cat Returns · Howl's Moving Castle · Tales from Earthsea · Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Studio Ghibli shorts Nandarō · On Your Mark · Ghiblies · Ghiblies Episode II · Imaginary Flying Machines · Mei and the Kittenbus · The Whale Hunt · Looking for a Home · The Day I Harvested a Planet  · The Night of Taneyamagahara · Water Spider Monmon · Iblard Jikan Ghibli Museum Library Le Roi et l'oiseau · Kirikou et la sorcière · Princes et princesses · Les Triplettes de Belleville · Moya lyubov · Azur et Asmar · Snezhnaya koroleva · Panda Kopanda · Cheburashka · Animal Farm Related articles Hayao Miyazaki · Toshio Suzuki · Isao Takahata · Ghibli Museum · Ghibli Museum Library · Studio Kajino · Nausicaa.net

The works of Hayao Miyazaki Films Director, screenplay and storyboard: The Castle of Cagliostro • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Castle in the Sky • My Neighbor Totoro • Kiki's Delivery Service • Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke • Spirited Away • Howl's Moving Castle • Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Screenplay and storyboard: Panda! Go, Panda! • Whisper of the Heart Chief animator and concept artist: Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon • Hols: Prince of the Sun • Puss in Boots • Flying Ghost Ship • Animal Treasure Island • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves TV series Director, screenplay and storyboard: Lupin III • Future Boy Conan • Sherlock Hound Scene design and layout: Heidi, Girl of the Alps • 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother • Anne of Green Gables OVA Director, screenplay and storyboard: Lupin III's Greatest Capers Manga Story and art: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • The Journey of Shuna • Hayao Miyazaki's Daydream Data Notes Miscellaneous Director, screenplay and storyboard: On Your Mark • Mei and the Kittenbus • Mizugumo Monmon