Starring: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naitô, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tatsuya Gashûin
Certificate: PG
Genre: Animation, Fantasy
Awards: Best Animated Film
Spirited Away is often credited as Miyazaki's masterpiece, partly due to the fact that it broke into the mainstream for western audiences, thus allowing Studio Ghibli to become as well known internationally as it is today. The film tells the story of a young girl who travels to a world where the gods life and has to take a job in a bath house where they come to rest in order to save her parents. Throughout the film she learns about the values of tradition whilst keeping hold of the modern parts of thinking that makes her exceptional in this strange world.The creativity of this film is absolutely amazing. Drawing from the Shinto gods, Miyazaki creates a vast array of memorable and unique characters. There's the greedy witch-like leader of the bathhouse, Yubaba, a strange cloaked character named No Face and three giant green heads that act like dogs just to name a few. Each scene is mesmerising and beautifully animated. The music is also incredibly notable due to its melancholic tune. Spirited Away is a great successor to stories such as The Wizard Of Oz or Alice In Wonderland where we discover a world of wonder and by god is it wonderful.
*****Brilliant
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