Spirited Away
Taken by ghosts
Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, in which a young girl enters a spirit world and must work in a bathhouse for supernatural beings.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and remains one of the highest-grossing anime films worldwide. (Lowercase spirited away is a phrase meaning mysteriously taken.)
- bathhousePublic washing facility
- SenLegislative title prefix
- Studio GhibliJapanese animation powerhouse
- dragonLegendary fire-breathing reptile
- animeJapanese cartoon art form
Miyazaki · magical realism · pigs · Hayao Miyazaki · soot · kami · Shintoism · train · torii gate · river · Japanese mythology · Japanese folklore · coming-of-age · metamorphosis · self-discovery · parents · transformation · portal
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- Anime/Mangaanime, manga, shonen, manga adaptations, mecha
- Studio GhibliStudio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service
- Ancient MythsGreek mythology, Greek myths, Ariadne, Greek gods, labyrinth
- Surrealist FilmsEraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Dali, David Lynch
- World CinemaJapanese cinema, national cinema, European cinema, Asian cinema, French New Wave
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Novel about migrating rabbits
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Spirited AwayShrek
Animated green ogre
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