Ghibli at GFC 2024: Spirited Away (2001) 4K Restoration
- Sat, Jun 1
Sat, Jun 1 @ 4:30 pm: This presentation is in Japanese language with English subtitles
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 125 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2002
Starring: Daveigh Chase, David Ogden Stiers, Jason Marsden, Paul Eiding, Susan Egan, Suzanne Pleshette
Country: Japan
Language: English; select screenings in Japanese with English subtitles
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See the Ghibli at GFC 2024 lineupAbout the film:
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Hayao Miyazaki’s wondrous fantasy adventure is a dazzling masterpiece from one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation.
Chihiro’s family is moving to a new house, but when they stop on the way to explore an abandoned village, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. Put to work in a magical bathhouse for spirits and demons, Chihiro must use all her wits to survive in this strange new place, find a way to free her parents and return to the normal world.
Overflowing with imaginative creatures and thrilling storytelling, Spirited Away (2001) became a worldwide smash hit, and is one of the most critically-acclaimed films of all time.
About the filmmaker:
One of Japan’s most distinctive filmmakers, Hayao Miyazaki’s stories consider the conflict between human progress and nature with the existence of the spirit world alongside the mundane. Before founding Studio Ghibli, he worked for various animation studios and crafted his first feature films Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (1979) and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984). With fellow animator and longtime collaborator, Takahata Isao, he launched Studio Ghibli in 1985 and began producing some of most iconic hand-drawn animated films of all time, including My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001), Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), and The Wind Rises (2013). In 2015, Miyazaki received an honorary Academy Award for his impact on animation and cinema.
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