A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Direction
Miyazaki hand-drew the bathhouse crowds. Every frame breathes.
Score
Joe Hisaishi's piano motif that breaks your heart without words.
Production
The food animation—Studio Ghibli's legendary 'eat your screen' effect.
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Rumi Hiiragi
Chihiro (voice)
Miyu Irino
Haku (voice)
Mari Natsuki
Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)
Takashi Naito
Father (voice)
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Mother (voice)
Tatsuya Gashûin
Aogaeru (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Boh (voice)
Yumi Tamai
Rin (voice)
Yo Oizumi
Bandai Frog (voice)
Koba Hayashi
River Spirit (voice)
Tsunehiko Kamijô
Chichiyaku (voice)
Takehiko Ono
Aniyaku (voice)
Bunta Sugawara
Kamaji (voice)
Shigeru Wakita
(voice)
Shirou Saitou
(voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The bathhouse was inspired by a real Edo-period building in Nagano, and Miyazaki's own childhood fear of public baths.
Yubaba's baby Boh represents arrested development through overprotection—he literally cannot walk until abandoned.
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