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Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+8)
Critics 96Audiences 88GoodWatch 92
Metascore96
User score9.0
Letterboxd · 4.1 M ratings4.4/5
IMDb8.6
Box office
14×its budget
- Budget
- $19 M
- Worldwide
- $275 M
Worldwide it earned $256 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 5 min
Longer than 9 in 10 animated movies, +36 min on the typical 89
typical 89125Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
2001
July 20, 2001
25 years ago
Genres
AnimationFamilyFantasyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Academy Awards2003
- Animated Feature Film2003Won
Critics' Choice Awards2002
- Best Animated Feature2002Won
BAFTA Awards2004
- Best Film Not In The English Language2004Nominated
César Awards2003
- Best Foreign Film2003Nominated
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States for violence and disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchPure EscapismThought-Provoking
and 36 more48 people
- Rumi HiiragiChihiro (voice)
- Miyu IrinoHaku (voice)
- Mari NatsukiYubaba / Zeniba (voice)
- Takashi NaitoFather (voice)
- Yasuko SawaguchiMother (voice)
- Tatsuya GashuinAogaeru (voice)
- Ryunosuke KamikiBoh (voice)
- Yumi TamaiRin (voice)
Yo OizumiBandai Frog (voice)
Koba HayashiRiver Spirit (voice)
Tsunehiko KamijouChichiyaku (voice)
Takehiko OnoAniyaku (voice)
Bunta SugawaraKamaji (voice)
Shigeru Wakita(voice)
Shirou Saitou(voice)
Michiko Yamamoto(voice)
Keiko Tsukamoto(voice)
Akio NakamuraKaonashi (voice)
Shinji Tokumaru(voice)
Kaori Yamagata(voice)
Tsuzuki Kayako(voice)
Masahiro Asano(voice)
Kazutaka Hayashida(voice)
Ikuko Yamamoto(voice)
Directing · 3
- Hayao Miyazaki Director, Screenplay, Original Story
- Atsushi Takahashi Assistant Director
- Masayuki Miyaji Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Goro Miyazaki Writers' Assistant
Production · 9
- Yasuyoshi Tokuma Executive Producer
- Toshio Suzuki Producer
- Nozomu Takahashi Production Manager
- Seiichiro Ujiie Co-Executive Producer
- Koji Hoshino Co-Executive Producer
- Takeyoshi Matsushita Co-Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Atsushi Okui Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Takeshi Seyama Editor
Sound · 7
- Joe Hisaishi Original Music Composer
- Mikio Mori Dolby Consultant
- Michihiro Itou Sound Effects
- Tsutomu Kawahigashi Dolby Consultant
- Youmi Kimura Main Title Theme Composer, Theme Song Performance
- Shuji Inoue Sound Mixer
Art · 21
- Yoji Takeshige Art Direction
- Hiromasa Ogura Background Designer
- Nizou Yamamoto Background Designer
- Naoya Tanaka Background Designer
- Naomi Kasugai Background Designer
- Ryoko Ina Background Designer
Visual Effects · 46
- Shinya Ohira Key Animation
- Hideaki Yoshio Key Animation
- Kitaro Kosaka Animation Director
- Kenichi Konishi Key Animation
- Hideki Hamasu Key Animation
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi Key Animation
Other crew · 1
- Dave Bossert Thanks
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