Spirited Away
2001
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Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yumi Tamai
Original language
Japanese
First release
July 20, 2001 (Japan)
Production companies
Studio Ghibli
Awards
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Golden Bear, Animation Kobe Theatrical Film Award, Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Setting
Japan
Crew
Screenplay
Hayao Miyazaki
Producer
Toshio Suzuki
Cinematography
Atsushi Okui
Editing
Takeshi Seyama
Music
Joe Hisaishi
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival 2026 - Compétition
- Los Angeles Film Awards 2025
- Brooklyn SciFi Film Festival 2021
- Academy Awards 2003 academy_award
- Hugo Awards 2003 generic - Long Form
- Awards of the Japanese Academy 2002 generic ★ Winner
- Berlin International Film Festival 2002 generic
- National Board of Review 2002 generic
- San Francisco International Film Festival 2002 generic
Titles
| Translated title | Spirited Away | English, Québec |
| Alternate title | Le Voyage de Chihiro | |
| Alternate title | Sen | |
| Alternate title | Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro | |
| Alternate title | The Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro |
Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | 千と千尋の神隠し (イメージアルバム) - Joe Hisaishi (2001) | 1 release, 2020: Studio Ghibli Records |
| Vinyl LP | 千と千尋の神隠し サウンドトラック - Joe Hisaishi, Youmi Kimura (2001) | 3 releases, 2020-2023: Studio Ghibli Records |
| CD | 千と千尋の神隠し (イメージアルバム) - Joe Hisaishi (2001) | 3 releases, 2001-2004: Ever Anime International Records, K-O Records Ltd., Studio Ghibli Records |
| CD | 千と千尋の神隠し サウンドトラック - Joe Hisaishi, Youmi Kimura (2001) | 15 releases, 2001-2019: Ever Anime International Records, K-O Records Ltd., Milan, Miya Records (+4 more) |
| Cassette | 千と千尋の神隠し サウンドトラック - Joe Hisaishi, Youmi Kimura (2001) | 2 releases, 2002: Milan, Ponycanyon Korea |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Japan | July 20, 2001 |
| Theatrical | Hong Kong | December 13, 2001 |
| Theatrical | Singapore | December 20, 2001 |
| Theatrical | Taiwan | December 28, 2001 |
| Theatrical | Switzerland | April 10, 2002 |
| Theatrical | France | April 10, 2002 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | June 28, 2002 |
| Theatrical | Canada | September 20, 2002 |
| Theatrical | United States | September 20, 2002 |
| Theatrical | Spain | October 25, 2002 |
| Theatrical | Malaysia | November 7, 2002 |
| Theatrical | Finland | November 29, 2002 |
| Theatrical | Australia | December 12, 2002 |
| Theatrical | Russia | December 31, 2002 |
| Television | Japan | January 24, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Slovenia | February 13, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | February 28, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Switzerland | March 27, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Belgium | April 2, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Czech Republic | April 3, 2003 |
| Theatrical | New Zealand | April 3, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Poland | April 4, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Italy | April 18, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Netherlands | April 23, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Germany | June 19, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Austria | June 20, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Israel | July 3, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Argentina | July 17, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Brazil | July 18, 2003 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | September 12, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Ireland | September 12, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Chile | September 18, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Sweden | September 19, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Denmark | October 10, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Colombia | November 14, 2003 |
| Theatrical | Turkey | June 18, 2004 |
| Television | Germany | December 4, 2004 |
| Television | United States | January 5, 2006 |
| Television | Czech Republic | September 3, 2006 |
| Theatrical | Denmark | January 1, 2007 |
| Television | Poland | January 1, 2007 |
| Television | Brazil | June 1, 2007 |
| Television | United Kingdom | January 26, 2008 |
| Theatrical | Italy | June 25, 2014 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | February 5, 2015 |
| Theatrical | Sweden | December 21, 2018 |
| Theatrical | Russia | December 27, 2018 |
| Theatrical | Ukraine | February 7, 2019 |
| Theatrical | China | June 21, 2019 |
| Streaming | United States | December 17, 2019 |
| Streaming | Brazil | March 1, 2020 |
| Streaming | India | March 1, 2020 |
| Streaming | Poland | March 1, 2020 |
| Streaming | Brazil | June 24, 2020 |
| Streaming | Poland | June 25, 2021 |
| Theatrical | Ukraine | August 19, 2021 |
| Theatrical | Italy | July 1, 2022 |
| Theatrical | Taiwan | August 5, 2022 |
| Theatrical | Czech Republic | January 4, 2024 |
| Theatrical | Poland | May 10, 2024 |
| Theatrical | Vietnam | January 3, 2025 |
| Theatrical | Brazil | September 18, 2025 |
| Theatrical | Puerto Rico | October 18, 2025 |
| Theatrical | United States | October 18, 2025 |
| Television | France | December 27, 2025 |
| Streaming | Poland | December 27, 2025 |
| Theatrical | Brazil | February 19, 2026 |
| Theatrical | Germany | August 18, 2026 |
| Classification | Germany | 0 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | PG |
| Classification | United States | PG |
Versions & editions
| Home video | Hong Kong | July 19, 2002 |
| Home video | Japan | July 19, 2002 |
| Home video | Taiwan | July 19, 2002 |
| Home video | France | November 26, 2002 |
| Home video | South Korea | December 7, 2002 |
| Home video | Russia | March 25, 2003 |
| Home video | Spain | April 2, 2003 |
| Home video | United States | April 15, 2003 |
| Home video | Hungary | May 22, 2003 |
| Home video | Australia | June 11, 2003 |
| Home video | Poland | September 22, 2003 |
| Home video | Italy | October 23, 2003 |
| Home video | Finland | October 30, 2003 |
| Home video | Netherlands | October 30, 2003 |
| Home video | Germany | November 3, 2003 |
| Home video | Portugal | November 8, 2003 |
| Home video | Czech Republic | December 8, 2003 |
| Home video | Brazil | December 11, 2003 |
| Home video | Mexico | January 16, 2004 |
| Home video | Norway | January 28, 2004 |
| Home video | Sweden | March 3, 2004 |
| Home video | United Kingdom | March 29, 2004 |
| Home video | Czech Republic | November 19, 2004 |
| Home video | France | March 24, 2005 |
| Home video | Russia | September 8, 2005 |
| Home video | Germany | October 10, 2014 |
| Home video | United States | June 16, 2015 |
| Home video | Sweden | February 15, 2016 |
| Home video | United Kingdom | March 13, 2017 |
Full credits
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Cast | Rumi Hiiragi (Chihiro (voice)), Miyu Irino (Haku (voice)), Mari Natsuki (Yubaba / Zeniba (voice)), Takashi Naito (Father (voice)), Yasuko Sawaguchi (Mother (voice)), Tatsuya Gashuin (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)), Michiko Yamamoto ((voice)), Keiko Tsukamoto ((voice)), Akio Nakamura (Kaonashi (voice)), Shinji Tokumaru ((voice)), Kaori Yamagata ((voice)), Tsuzuki Kayako ((voice)), Masahiro Asano ((voice)), Kazutaka Hayashida ((voice)), Ikuko Yamamoto ((voice)), Mina Meguro ((voice)), Tetsurô Ishibashi ((voice)), Katsutomo Shîbara ((voice)), Shinobu Katabuchi ((voice)), Noriko Kitou ((voice)), Naoto Kaji ((voice)), Yoshitaka Sukegawa ((voice)), Aki Tachikawa ((voice)), Noriko Yamaya ((voice)), Katsuhisa Matsuo ((voice)), Masayuki Kizu ((voice)), Yoko Ono ((voice)), Sachie Azuma ((voice)), Ken Yasuda (Oshira-sama (voice)), Shigeyuki Totsugi (Kashira (voice)), Mayumi Saco ((voice)), Sonoko Soeda ((voice)), Akiko Tomihira ((voice)), Minako Masuda ((voice)), Orika Ono ((voice)), Rina Yamada ((voice)), Miwa Takachi ((voice)), Hiromi Takeuchi ((voice)), Makiko Oku ((voice)) |
| Screenplay | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Producer | Toshio Suzuki |
| Executive producer | Yasuyoshi Tokuma |
| Cinematography | Atsushi Okui |
| Editing | Takeshi Seyama |
| Music | Joe Hisaishi |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Wikidata (CC0-1.0)
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
