For the concept in Japanese folklore which the film refers to, see Spirit away.
Spirited Away

Theatrical release poster

Japanese name
Kanji 千と千尋の神隠し

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Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Written by Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by Toshio Suzuki
Starring
Rumi Hiiragi
Miyu Irino
Mari Natsuki
Takashi Naito
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Tsunehiko Kamijō
Takehiko Ono
Bunta Sugawara
Cinematography Atsushi Okui
Edited by Takeshi Seyama
Music by Joe Hisaishi

Production
company
Studio Ghibli
Distributed by Toho

Release date
20 July 2001

Running time 125 minutes[1]
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Budget $19.2 million[2][3]
Box office $395.8 million[a]


Spirited Away (Japanese: 千と千尋の神隠し, Hepburn: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, lit. 'Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away') is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Spirited Away tells the story of Chihiro "Sen" Ogino, a ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, inadvertently enters the world of kami (spirits of Japanese Shinto folklore).[7] After her parents are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world. The film was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film, and Mitsubishi and distributed by Toho.[8]

Miyazaki wrote the screenplay after he decided the film would be based on the ten-year-old daughter of his friend Seiji Okuda, the film's associate producer, who came to visit his house each summer.