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Synopsis: Chihiro and her parents are moving to a small Japanese town in the countryside, much to Chihiro's dismay. On the way to their new home, Chihiro's father makes a wrong turn and drives down a lonely one-lane road which dead-ends in front of a tunnel. Her parents decide to stop the car and explore the area. They go through the tunnel and find an abandoned amusement park on the other side, with its own little town. When her parents see a restaurant with great-smelling food but no staff, they decide to eat and pay later. However, Chihiro refuses to eat and decides to explore the theme park a bit more. She meets a boy named Haku who tells her that Chihiro and her parents are in danger, and they must leave immediately. She runs to the restaurant and finds that her parents have turned into pigs. In addition, the theme park turns out to be a town inhabited by demons, spirits, and evil gods. At the center of the town is a bathhouse where these creatures go to relax. The owner of the bathhouse is
Production: Walt Disney Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 56 wins & 27 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.6
Metacritic:
96
Rotten Tomatoes:
97%
PG
Year:
2001
125 min
$9,855,615
Website
45,428 Views


Oh...

I knew it was Haku!

Look, Kamaji, it's Haku!

Haku!

Haku! Haku!

Kamaji! He's not breathing

Yes he is, but he's still

gravely ill from the spell...

That should calm him some

Haku turned up one day here,

just like you

Said he wanted to learn magic

I didn't approve...

becoming a sorcerer's apprentice...

a:
I warned him,

but he wouldn't listen

Said he had nowhere left to go

Signed up to be

Yubaba's apprentice

As time went by,

he turned increasingly pale,

and his eyes took on

a sharp gleam

Kamaji, I'm going to give

this back to Yubaba's sister

Give it back, apologize,

and ask her to help Haku

Tell me where she lives

Go to Zeniba's?

She's one scary sorceress

Please

Haku helped me

Now I want to help him

You can get there all right...

But getting back...

Wait here

Let's see now...

It's around here, I think...

Everyone, I need my shoes

and my clothes, please

Sen! I hunted for you

everywhere!

Lin

That's Haku

What happened here...

Who are these guys?

My new friends

Yubaba's tearing the place

apart looking for you

The big tipper turned out to

be a horrible monster, No Face

Yubaba says you led him here

Maybe I did

You serious?!

I just thought

he was a customer...

He's already swallowed

two Frogs and a Slug!

Found it!

Here it is, Sen!

We're busy, gramps

You can use this

That's a train ticket

Where'd you get that?

I've had it for 40 years

Now listen, it's the 6th stop,

called Swamp Bottom

Swamp Bottom?

That's right, it's the 6th stop

The 6th stop

Make sure you get it right

There used to be a return train,

but these days

it's a one-way ride

Still interested?

Yup

I'll walk back, along the tracks

But what about Yubaba?

I'll go to her now

I promise I'll be back, Haku

You can't die

What's going on here?

Don't you see?

It's called... Love...

It just keeps getting bigger!

Don't let it swallow me!

Here she comes!

Thank goodness, Sen!

Yubaba can't control him

There's no need to get upset

I'm sure Sen will turn up

Where's Sen! I want Sen!

Go, hurry

Yubaba, it's Sen

Where were you!

Sen has come, dear guest

We'll be right with you

What took you so long!

This is a complete disaster!

Suck up to him and squeeze

all his gold out of him

What's that filthy rat?!

Don't you recognize him?

Of course not,

how disgusting!

Now, in you go

Call if you need us

Is she all right

in there by herself?

Want to take her place?

Try this, it's yummy

Want some gold?

I'm not giving it to anybody else

Come over here, Sen

What is it you want?

You can tell me

Where did you come from?

There's someplace

I have to go right away

You should go back

where you came from

You can't help me

with what I want

Where's your home?

Don't you have a mom and dad?

I don't wanna...

Don't wanna...

I'm lonely, lonely...

Can't you get back home?

I want Sen, want Sen

Take the gold

Are you going to eat me?

Take it!

Take it!

If you're going to eat me,

have this first

I was saving it for my parents,

but you can have it

Sen!

Girl!

What did you feed me?!

Out of my way!

Not on my premises!

Over here

Here!

You'll pay for this!

Sen, over here!

There he is

Over here!

Don't call him over

He's only bad in the bath house

He needs to get out of there

But take him where?

I don't know...

You don't know...

He's following us

From here, you walk

OK:

You'll find the station

Thank you

You better come back!

OK:

I know I called you a klutz!

I take it back!

No Face, if you so much as

touch that girl, you'll pay for it!

There it is

Train's coming, here we go

I'm riding to Swamp Bottom

You want to come, too?

Him too, please

Come here

Behave yourself, OK?

Kamaji

Oh, Haku...

You're awake

Where's Sen?

What happened, please tell me

Don't you remember anything?

Just little pieces

Chihiro kept calling my name

in the darkness

I followed her voice and

woke up lying here...

Chihiro, huh...

Her real name's Chihiro?

Can't beat the power of love...

This gold hardly

covers the damage

That fool, Sen!

She just cost me a fortune

But, Sen did save us, after all

Silence!

She started it all,

and now she's run away

Even abandoned

her own parents!

They must be fine fat pigs by now

Turn them into bacon or ham

Please wait

Master Haku!

What, you still alive?

You still can't see that

you've lost something precious?

You've gotten pretty fresh

Since when do you talk that way?

Baby...

Baby!

It's just sand!

Baby!

Where are you, baby!

Come out, please!

Baby!

Baby, baby!

You!

Tell me!

Where did you hide my baby?!

He's with Zeniba

Zeniba?

I get it, that evil witch

So she thinks she's beaten me

So, what's your plan?

I'll bring baby back

But in exchange, return Sen and

her parents to the human world

And what becomes of you?!

Let's say I tear you to pieces

after sending them back!

I think this is the right stop...

Let's go

You can ride on my shoulder

Come in

Excuse us

Well, hurry up and come in, then

C'mon

So you all made it

Um...

Have a seat

I'll make you some tea

Zeniba, Haku stole this from you

I brought it back

Do you know what this is?

No, but I know it's very precious

I'm here to apologize for Haku

I'm sorry

You felt fine while you held it?

What?

What's this?

The spell is gone

I'm sorry

I stepped on that strange bug

that was on the seal

and squashed it

Squashed it!

You know, my sister snuck

that bug into the dragon,

so she could control

her apprentice

Squashed it!

You sit too

You're No Face, aren't you?

You sit, too

Oh, um, please turn

them back into themselves

Why my dears,

the spell's long broken

You can turn yourselves back

My sister and I are two halves of

a whole, but we really don't get along

You've seen what

bad taste she has

Sorceress twins are

just a recipe for trouble

I'd like to help you, dear

but there's nothing I can do

It's one of our rules here

You've got to take care of your

parents and that dragon boyfriend

of yours, on your own

But, um, can't you

even give me a hint?

I feel like Haku and I met,

a long time ago

In that case, it's easy

Nothing that happens,

is ever forgotten,

even if you

can't remember it

It's already late

Why don't you stay the night?

You boys give me a hand

Keep at it

That's right, you're terrific

You're a big help...

A magic one

won't do the trick

Pull it through there...

And do it again

I really have to

go home, granny

Haku could die while

I'm just sitting here...

They might eat my mom and dad!

Just wait a little longer

There we are

Use it tie back your hair

It's so pretty

It'll protect you

I made it from the thread they spun

Thank you

What good timing

We've got another guest, let him in

Sure

Haku!

Haku!

Thank goodness

Aren't you hurt?

You sure you're OK?

Thank goodness

Good timing, I'd say

Look, granny, Haku's alive

Haku, I no longer blame

you for what you did

Just be sure you protect the girl

OK, boys, time you went home

Come again soon

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Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of anime feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest animation directors. Born in Bunkyō Ward of Tokyo, Miyazaki expressed interest in manga and animation from an early age, and he joined Toei Animation in 1963. During his early years at Toei Animation he worked as an in-between artist and later collaborated with director Isao Takahata. Notable films to which Miyazaki contributed at Toei include Doggie March and Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon. He provided key animation to other films at Toei, such as Puss in Boots and Animal Treasure Island, before moving to A-Pro in 1971, where he co-directed Lupin the Third Part I alongside Takahata. After moving to Zuiyō Eizō (later known as Nippon Animation) in 1973, Miyazaki worked as an animator on World Masterpiece Theater, and directed the television series Future Boy Conan. He joined Telecom Animation Film/Tokyo Movie Shinsha in 1979 to direct his first feature films, The Castle of Cagliostro in 1979 and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 1984, as well as the television series Sherlock Hound. Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. He directed multiple films with Ghibli, including Castle in the Sky in 1986, My Neighbor Totoro in 1988, Kiki's Delivery Service in 1989, and Porco Rosso in 1992. The films were met with commercial and critical success in Japan. Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke was the first animated film to win the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and briefly became the highest-grossing film in Japan following its release in 1997; its distribution to the Western world greatly increased Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan. His 2001 film Spirited Away became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards and considered among the greatest films of the decade. Miyazaki's later films—Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, and The Wind Rises—also enjoyed critical and commercial success. Following the release of The Wind Rises, Miyazaki announced his retirement from feature films, though he returned to work on a new feature film in 2016. Miyazaki's works are characterized by the recurrence of themes such as humanity's relationship with nature and technology, the wholesomeness of natural and traditional patterns of living, the importance of art and craftsmanship, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic in a violent world. The protagonists of his films are often strong girls or young women, and several of his films present morally ambiguous antagonists with redeeming qualities. Miyazaki's works have been highly praised and awarded; he was named a Person of Cultural Merit for outstanding cultural contributions in November 2012, and received the Academy Honorary Award for his impact on animation and cinema in November 2014. In 2002, American film critic Roger Ebert suggested that Miyazaki may be the best animation filmmaker in history, praising the depth and artistry of his films. more…

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