During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 58 wins & 31 nominations total
Daveigh Chase
- Chihiro
- (English version)
- (voice)
Suzanne Pleshette
- Yubaba
- (English version)
- (voice)
- …
Miyu Irino
- Haku
- (voice)
Rumi Hiiragi
- Chihiro Ogino
- (voice)
- …
Mari Natsuki
- Yubaba
- (voice)
- …
Takashi Naitô
- Akio Ogino
- (voice)
Yasuko Sawaguchi
- Yûko Ogino
- (voice)
Tatsuya Gashûin
- Aogaeru
- (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
- Bô
- (voice)
- (as Ryûnosuke Kamiki)
Yumi Tamai
- Rin
- (voice)
Yô Ôizumi
- Bandai-gaeru
- (voice)
Koba Hayashi
- Kawa no Kami
- (voice)
Tsunehiko Kamijô
- Chichiyaku
- (voice)
Takehiko Ono
- Aniyaku
- (voice)
Bunta Sugawara
- Kamajî
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe cleansing of the river spirit is based on a real-life incident in Hayao Miyazaki's life in which he participated in the cleaning of a river, removing, among other things, a bicycle.
- GoofsAfter Haku flies out of the bedroom we see Sen's left hand touching more of the blood on the railing. The elevator attendant sees it on the same hand after grabbing her arm as she tries to board it. Not much later we see her looking at the same hand again before running across the pipe. It isn't till after being held captive by the baby under the cushions that the blood switches hands as he holds her by the left arm revealing no blood on that hand at all.
- Crazy creditsThe credits have a series of still images from the film. The last image before the film fades is Chihiro's shoe in the river.
- Alternate versionsVarious dialog is added to the English dub to explain settings, translate Japanese text, or traditions; for example, when Chihiro first sees the bathhouse, in the English dub, she says "It's a bathhouse", which isn't present in the Japanese version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)
Featured review
Mystical. Enchanting. A key to another world. There are so many ways to describe this movie. The movie focuses on a young girl who is trapped in a sort of "spirit world". When her mother and father are turned into pigs, young Chihiro has to save her parents before they're cooked and eaten. It may sound silly, but this tale has more to it than farm animals. When Chihiro is frightened, she runs off. When a boy finds her, he tells her that she must get a job at "The Bath House". A sort of retreat for spirits. But to do this, she must speak with Yubaba. The witch who rules The Bathhouse. After Yubaba agrees to give Chihiro some work. She takes her name away from her. And she is then called "Sen". While shes at the bath house, she is put under very hard work. I could say more, but that would be foolish of me. This is a great movie that I think people of all ages should see for themselves. Its an enchanting and heartwarming story that I've watched over and over again and have never gotten sick of it. It has been another inspiring movie from Haiyo Miazaki that is above all his best yet. A 10 out of 10 for this wonderful movie.
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,205,725
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $449,839
- Sep 22, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $358,110,581
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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