The story begins as Chihiro and her parents take a wrong turn down a dirt path while traveling to their new home in the country side. They discover a tunnel at the bottom of the path which leads them into an old abandoned theme park. While Chihiro and and her parents explore the place they come across a place full of restraunts filled with all different kinds of delicious foods. Chihiro’s parents then start helping themselves to some food. As Chihiro leaves her parents and starts exploring the place herself she comes upon a bridge only to be found by a boy named Haku. The boy then tells Chihiro that she must leave before nightfall. She then runs off to find her parents only to find them as pigs. Chihiro gets scared and runs off to the river only to find it full of water. She then runs off and hides, Haku then comes looking for Chihiro promising her that he will help her save her parents but the only way was for Chihiro to get a job in the bathhouse for the Gods and spirits of Japan.

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)
  • Rating: (157,298 votes)
  • Tagline:(The tunnel led Chihiro to a mysterious town...) »
  • Runtime:125 minutes
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki
  • Country:Japan
  • Actors:
    Chihiro / Sen (voice: Japanese version)
    Rumi Hiiragi
    Haku (voice: Japanese version)
    Miyu Irino
    Yubaba / Zeniba (voice: Japanese version)
    Mari Natsuki
    Chihiro no otôsan (voice: Japanese version)
    Takashi Naitô
    Chihiro no okâsan (voice: Japanese version)
    Yasuko Sawaguchi
    Aogaeru, Assistant Manager (voice: Japanese version)
    Tatsuya Gashûin
    Bô (voice: Japanese version)
    Ryûnosuke Kamiki
    Rin (voice: Japanese version)
    Yumi Tamai
    Bandai-gaeru (voice: Japanese version)
    Yô Ôizumi
    Kawa no Kami (voice: Japanese version)
    Koba Hayashi
  • Genres:Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
  • Producers:
    Donald W. Ernst
    producer (English language version)  
    Lori Korngiebel
    associate producer (English language version)  
    John Lasseter
    executive producer: US  
    Toshio Suzuki
    producer  
    Yasuyoshi Tokuma
    executive producer  
  • Plots: Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in the suburbs when her father decides to take a shortcut along a lonely-looking dirt road. After getting out of the car and walking along a path for a while, they discover an open-air restaurant filled with food but with no workers or customers present. Mom and Dad don't hesitate to sit down and dig in, but Chihiro senses danger and refuses. As night falls, she is terrified to see the area fill with faceless spirits, but when she runs to find her parents, she discovers that they have been turned into pigs. She is found by a mysterious boy named Haku, who promises to help her. He gets her a job working in a nearby building, which turns out to be a bathhouse for the thousands of Japan's gods and spirits. Though the work is hard and the people strange, she does as well as she can. Her parents, however, are still waiting in the hotel's stockyard, and Chihiro must find a way to break the spell on them before they end up as the main course of some guest's dinner. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
  • User's comment:Better in the Original Japanese Soundtrack by ehy2k

    The art work alone is worthy of the engulfment one experiences when watching the big screen, making me wish I had seen it on the big screen. That is, unless the major release in the US was the English language version.

    We ended up renting the DVD and watching it in English. The sound, the voice of Chihiro in particular, grated our ears like nails on a chalk board. After watching it, we played around with the DVD and found the original Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles. Far more subtle and simply put, an AMAZING difference.

    So, I would suggest watching it in both languages. English so that you can concentrate on the scenery (with the sound turned down low. Really, the screeching and shouting in English is annoying). Then watch it in Japanese for the color and mood the dialog provides.


  • Quotes: Chihiro: Daddy, are we lost? Chihiro's Father: Don't worry, I've got four-wheel drive. Chihiro: I'm see-through!
  • Also known as: El viaje de Chihiro (Argentina), El viaje de Chihiro (Chile - imdb display title), El viaje de Chihiro (Colombia - imdb display title), El viaje de Chihiro (Ecuador - imdb display title), El viaje de Chihiro (International - imdb display title, Spanish title), El viaje de Chihiro (Mexico), El viaje de Chihiro (Peru - imdb display title), El viaje de Chihiro (Spain - imdb display title), El viaje de Chihiro (Venezuela - imdb display title), Spirited Away (Australia - imdb display title), Spirited Away (International - English title), Spirited Away (Sweden), Spirited Away (UK), Spirited Away (USA), Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland (Austria), Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland (Germany), Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland (Switzerland - German title), Le voyage de Chihiro (Belgium - French title), Le voyage de Chihiro (France), Le voyage de Chihiro (Switzerland - imdb display title, French title), A Viagem de Chihiro (Brazil), A Viagem de Chihiro (Portugal), Chihiro og heksene (Denmark), Chihiro og heksene (Norway), Приключенията на Чихиро (Bulgaria - Bulgarian title), Унесенные призраками (Russia), Avanture male Chihiro (Croatia - imdb display title), Calatoria lui Chihiro (Romania - imdb display title), Cesta do fantázie (Slovakia), Cesta do fantazie (Czech Republic), Chihiro szellemországban (Hungary - imdb display title), Chihiroren bidaia (Spain - Basque title), De reis van Chihiro (Netherlands - imdb display title), Diakopes sti hora ton thavmaton (Greece - festival title), El viatge de Chihiro (Spain - Catalan title), Henkien kätkemä (Finland), La città incantata (Italy), Miyazaki's Spirited Away (USA - poster title), Na krilima duha (Serbia - imdb display title), Ruhlarin kaçisi (Turkey - Turkish title), Sen (Japan - informal short title), Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro ( - undefined), Shahre Ashbah (Iran - festival title, Persian title), Spirited Away: W Krainie Bogów (Poland - imdb display title), Taxidi sti hora ton thavmaton (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), The Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro ( - undefined, informal literal English title), The Wonderful Journey (Israel - English title), Vaimudest viidud (Estonia - imdb display title), Zacarani grad (Serbia - DVD title),

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