A ten-year-old has to work in a bathhouse for spirits to free her parents. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, released 2001.
Plot
Moving house, Chihiro and her parents wander into what looks like an abandoned theme park. Her parents eat food that is not theirs and are turned into pigs, and Chihiro is left to take a job in a bathhouse run by the witch Yubaba. Keeping her own name is the condition of ever leaving.
Review, written by AI
The rules are never explained and the film is stronger for it. Chihiro is competent rather than plucky, which is rarer in children's film than it should be. Won Best Animated Feature and remains the high-water mark for hand-drawn animation.
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