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Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
This
is a film that has been garnering many awards, including Best Asian
Film at the Hong Kong Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the Berlin
International Film Festival. It is a film that has adults going
to the theater without kids. It is far more than just a children's
story.
Review by Darrel Manson |
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CREDITS
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 Directed
by Hayao Miyazaki
Written
by Hayao Miyazaki
English version written by Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt
Daveigh Chase .... Chihiro (English version) (voice)
Rumi Hiiragi .... Chihiro/Sen (voice)
Miyu Irino .... Haku (voice)
Suzanne Pleshette .... Yubaba/Zeniba (voice: English version)
Mari Natsuki .... Yubaba (voice)
Takashi Naitô .... Chihiro's Father (voice)
Yasuko Sawaguchi .... Chihiro's Mother (voice)
Tatsuya Gashuin .... Aogaeru (voice)
Lauren Holly .... Chihiro's Mother (voice: English version)
Ryunosuke Kamiki .... Bou (the baby) (voice)
Yumi Tamai .... Rin (voice)
Yo Oizumi .... Bandai-gaeru (voice)
Tara Strong .... Boh (voice: English version)
Koba Hayashi .... Kawa no Kami (voice)
Tsunehiko Kamijô .... Chichiyaku (voice)
Takehiko Ono .... Aniyaku (voice)
Bunta Sugawara .... Kamajii (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Michael Chiklis .... Chihiro's Father (English version) (voice)
Susan Egan .... Lin (voice)
Jason Marsden .... Haku (English version) (voice)
John Ratzenberger .... Assistant Manager (English version) (voice)
David Ogden Stiers .... Kamaji (English version) (voice)
Produced
by
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
Original Music by Jô Hisaishi
Yumi Kimura (end title "Itsumo nando demo")
Film Editing by Takeshi Seyama
MPAA:
Rated PG for some scary moments.
Runtime: 124 min / USA:125 min (dubbed version with extended credits)
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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TRAILERS
AND CLIPS
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CD
SOUNDTRACK
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 Miyazaki's
Spirited Away (Film Score)
Jo Hisaishi
Despite an enthusiastic cult following, the talents of master Japanese
animator Hayao Miyazaki have yet to gain the sort of mainstream acceptance
regularly afforded American feature animation in the artist's own
country. But Hollywood sponsorship of Princess Mononoke and this new
Miyazaki anime masterpiece is an encouraging sign. To create the musical
soundscape for his phantasmagorical adventure, the director has again
tapped Mononoke composer and longtime collaborator Joe Hisaishi, and
the results are another distinctive triumph. Effortlessly blending
ancient Japanese modalities and percussion with Westernized influences
(pastoral string and piano flourishes, snarling brass, and gentle
woodwinds), the composer evokes the gentle lyricism of Sakamoto in
one movement, the pulse-quickening action and suspense of Williams
the next. The collection ends on the warm note of Youmi Kimura's gentle,
neo-baroque song "Always with Me." While American feature
animation scores have frequently been preoccupied with pop star career
burnishing, Hisaishi has again reinvented and refined an instrumental
language that powerfully evokes all the magic of Miyazaki's fantastic
images. --Jerry McCulley |
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1.
One Summer's DayMusic
2. Road to SomewhereMusic
3. Empty RestaurantMusic
4. Nighttime ComingMusic
5. Dragon BoyMusic
6. Sootballs
7. Procession of the Spirits
8. Yubaba
9. Bathhouse Morning
10. Day of the River
11. It's Hard Wor
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12.
Stink Spirit
13. Sen's Courage
14. Bottomless Pit
15. Kaonashi (No Face)
16. Sixth Station
17. Yubaba's Panic
18. House at Swamp Bottom
19. Reprise
20. Return
21. Always With Me
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POSTER
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No
available poster as of October 24, 2002
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BOOK
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 The
Art of Spirited Away
by Hayao Miyazaki
Cowinner of the Golden Bear at the recent Berlin Film Festival,
Spirited Away is the latest fantastical creation by animation master
Hayao Miyazaki. A fabulous ghost-infested adventure full of action,
suspense, bizarre creatures, and compelling human characters, it
is the pinnacle of animated fantasy and depicts the transformation
of a sullen little girl into a powerful being. This lavish coffee-table
book features artwork, stills, sketches, storyboards, and illustrations
from the movie, a Disney release in September 2002. "Miyazaki
has done it again, folks. Is anyone surprised?" — Anime
Digital
 The
Art of Spirited Away
by Hayao Miyazaki
Ten-year-old Chihiro finds herself abandoned when her parents are
turned into pigs. To survive, she goes to work in a bathhouse catering
to bizarre beings. This graphic novel is based on the highest-grossing
animated movie in Japanese film history and a collection of its
artwork by worldwide famous anime author Hayao Miyazaki.
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SYNOPSIS
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 Chihiro,
a 10-year-old girl in the midst of a move to the suburbs with her
parents, wanders into a mysterious town. It's the "other world"
of gods and monsters, ruled over by a witch. There, humans are changed
into animals and disappear. Chihiro, who has a listless disposition,
must start working at a huge bath house to survive. Can she return
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REVIEW
BY
DARREL
MANSON
Pastor,
Artesia Christian Church, Artesia, CA
http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch01198
Darrel
has an incredible love and interest in the cinematic arts. His reviews
usually include independent and significantly important film.
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 Spirited
Away works on several levels. It is first and foremost a children's
animated film. As in a Disney film (and the film is presented in the
US by Disney, even though it originates in Japan), there are cute
animal helpers and beautiful animation. It is the story of a ten-year
old girl thrust into a strange world, very much like Alice in Wonderland.
The child must be brave and act to survive, outwit grownups and save
her parents. All in all, a pretty exciting time for children. (Although
take note that the film is rated PG because some of the scenes are
scary for smaller or sensitive children.)
 But
this is a film that has been garnering many awards, including Best
Asian Film at the Hong Kong Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the
Berlin International Film Festival. It is a film that has adults going
to the theater without kids. It is far more than just a children's
story.
 The
film is set within the Shinto religion that is engrained in the Japanese
culture. Shinto is a religion of various gods and spirits. Chihiro
finds herself in a world filled with these spirits -- actually she
is enslaved as a worker in a bathhouse for spirits. She is also in
a struggle against evil (manifest in the witch Yubaba). Of course,
in the end she triumphs over the evil, but how that happens is what
makes the film an important contribution.
 Part
of Yubaba's power comes from her ability to steal a person's name.
If someone ever forgets their name, they will never be able to escape
her power. It is important to remember who one is. Many stories in
the Hebrew scriptures involve the change of names (for example, Jacob's
name is changed to Israel). These name changes are important; they
represent a change in the person's status. In the letter to the church
at Pergamum in Revelation there is what seems to us the curious statement
that to the one who conquers will be given a white stone with a new
name on it. To know that name is salvation.
 Chihiro
can't overcome Yubaba by her own power. But through her gentleness
and selflessness, she manages to gain the friendship and gifts of
some of the spirits. She treats even the most disgusting spirit with
kindness, and discovers it isn't as disgusting as everyone thought.
She gives of herself for those in need of her help. With their help
she finds the way to overcome and to save her parents.
 Hayao
Miyazaki, who some call the Japanese version of Walt Disney, loads
the film with important issues, including environmental issues like
pollution and the destruction of ecosystems. Yet he does it without
being preachy. He also makes the point that it is important to depend
on one another.
One could do worse than to look to Chihiro as a model
of Christian life, even though she is set in a much different worldview.
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