Spirited Away

Hayao
Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, author, and manga artist. Through a career that has spanned five decades, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of anime feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio. Miyazaki has been described as combining elements of Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg and Orson Welles.

Ten-year-old Chihiro is moving to a new home with her parents. They take a wrong turn and arrive at a mysterious tunnel – an entrance to magical bathhouses for spirits. The place is ruled by the powerful and greedy witch Yubaba. When Chihiro and her parents enter the baths unaware, Yubaba becomes angry and transforms the parents into pigs. Chihiro, left on her own, embarks on a magical adventure to save her parents.