Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning feature, and one of Japan’s highest-grossing films ever, Spirited Away invites audiences into a mind-bending supernatural realm. A wrong turn on a family road trip lands 10-year-old Chihiro in a mysterious dimension populated by all manner of creatures, most memorably the enigmatic No Face. Yearning to find her parents and return to the real world, Chihiro must work at an enchanted bathhouse serving spirits of all shapes and sizes. A tour de force of surrealist invention, Spirited Away is a timeless wonder.

DIRECTOR: Hayao Miyazaki. WRITTEN BY: Hayao Miyazaki. CAST: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito. 2001. 125 minutes. Japan. Color. Japanese (subtitled). 35mm. New subtitled print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive, with special thanks to Studio Ghibli.

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