Spirited Away Page #5

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
45,429 Views


You, stick around

and be my helper

Granny!

Thank you, I'm going now

I'm sure you can

manage everything

My real name is Chihiro

Chihiro... what a nice name

Take good care of it,

it's yours

I will!

Off you go

Thank you, granny

Good bye

Listen, Haku

I don't remember it, but

my mom told me...

Once, when I was little,

I fell into a river

She said they'd drained it

and built things on top

But I've just remembered

The river was called...

Its name was the Kohaku River

Your real name is Kohaku

Chihiro, thank you

My real name is

Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi

Nigihayami?

Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi

What a name

Sounds like a god

I remember too, how

you fell into me as a child

You had dropped your shoe

Yes, you carried me

to shallow water, Kohaku

I'm so grateful...

They're back!

You brought Baby back

with you, right?

Baba!

You're not hurt?

What a terrible time you had

Baby, you're standing all by yourself?

When?

Yubaba, you promised

Please return Chihiro's family

to the human world

Not so fast

This world has rules, you know!

Shut up!

Baba, what a miser

Just can it

Baby had such a good time

But, a rule's a rule

Otherwise I can't break the spell

If you make Sen cry,

I won't like you anymore, Baba

Why that's...

Granny

Granny!?

I'm coming to you

Haku told me all about the rule

Least you've got guts

Here's your contract

Come over here

I won't be a minute, Baby

Don't worry

See if you can guess

which of them are yours

You only get one guess

Get it right, and you're all free

Granny, this is no good

My parents aren't here

Not here?!

That's your answer?

Yes

Bingo!

Thattagirl!

Right on!

Thank you, everyone

Go! You win

Just get out of here!

Thank you for everything

Good bye

Thank you

Come and see us

Haku

Let's go

Where are Mom and Dad?

They've gone on ahead

There's no water!

I can't go any farther

Go back the way

you came, Chihiro

But don't ever look back

Not until you're out of the tunnel

What about you, Haku?

I'll speak to Yubaba

Quit my apprenticeship

I'm fine, now that I have

my name back

I'll go back to my world, too

Can we meet again?

I'm sure

Promise

Promise

Now go, and don't look back

Chihiro!

Where have you been?

Hurry up

Mom! Dad!

You can't just run off like that

Away we go

Mom, are you sure you're OK?

What? I'm sure the moving

van's there by now

Hurry along, Chihiro

Watch your step

You'll make me trip, Chihiro

clinging like that

The end of the tunnel

Hey...

What is it?

Will you look at that

It's all dusty inside, too

Some kind of joke?

You think?

I told you not to stop here

OK, all clear

We're off, Chihiro

Hurry up, Chihiro!

Somewhere, a voice calls,

in the depths of my heart

May I always be dreaming,

the dreams that move my heart

So many tears, of sadness,

uncountable through and through

I know on the other side of them,

I'll find you

Everytime we fall down to the ground,

we look up to the blue sky above

We wake to its blueness, as for

the first time

Though the road is long and lonely and

the end far away, out of sight

I can with these two arms,

embrace the light

As I bid farewell, my heart stops,

in tenderness I feel

My silent empty body begins to listen to

what is real

The wonder of living,

the wonder of dying

The wind, town and flowers,

we all dance one unity

Somewhere, a voice calls,

in the depths of my heart

Keep dreaming your dreams,

don't ever let them part

Why speak of all your sadness or

of lifes painful woes

Instead let the same lips sing

a gentle song for you

The whispering voice, we never want

to forget, in each passing memory

Always there to guide you

When a mirror has been broken,

shattered pieces scattered on the ground

Glimpses of new life,

reflected all around

Window of beginning, stillness,

new light of the dawn

Let my silent empty body be filled

and reborn

No need to search outside,

nor sail across the sea

Cause here shining inside me,

it's right here inside me

I've found a brightness,

it's always with me

Produced by

Studio Ghibli

Producer

SUZUKI Toshio

Written and Directed by

MIYAZAKI Hayao

The End

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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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