Release Info - Spirited Away (2001)

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Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family

Taglines: (The tunnel led Chihiro to a mysterious town...)

Stars: Rumi Hiiragi, Takashi Naitô, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Miyu Irino, ...

Chihiro and her parents are moving to a small Japanese town in the countryside, much to Chihiro's dismay. On the way to their new home, Chihiro's father makes a wrong turn and drives down a lonely one-lane road which dead-ends in front of a tunnel. Her parents decide to stop the car and explore the area. They go through the tunnel and find an abandoned amusement park on the other side, with its own little town. When her parents see a restaurant with great-smelling food but no staff, they decide to eat and pay later. However, Chihiro refuses to eat and decides to explore the theme park a bit more. She meets a boy named Haku who tells her that Chihiro and her parents are in danger, and they must leave immediately. She runs to the restaurant and finds that her parents have turned into pigs. In addition, the theme park turns out to be a town inhabited by demons, spirits, and evil gods. At the center of the town is a bathhouse where these creatures go to relax. The owner of the bathhouse ...

Release Dates:
Japan	20 Jul 2001
Hong Kong	13 Dec 2001
Singapore	20 Dec 2001
Taiwan	28 Dec 2001
Germany	09 Feb 2002 (Berlin International Film Festival)
France	10 Apr 2002
USA	20 Apr 2002 (San Francisco International Film Festival)
South Korea	28 Jun 2002
Russia	29 Jun 2002 (Moscow Film Festival)
USA	31 Aug 2002 (Telluride Film Festival)
Canada	07 Sep 2002 (Toronto International Film Festival)
USA	20 Sep 2002 (limited)
Finland	21 Sep 2002 (Helsinki International Film Festival)
Belgium	25 Sep 2002
Brazil	30 Sep 2002 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival)
Hungary	09 Oct 2002 (Titanic International Filmpresence Festival)
Spain	11 Oct 2002 (Sitges Film Festival)
Spain	25 Oct 2002
Canada	06 Nov 2002 (Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema)
Malaysia	07 Nov 2002
Greece	10 Nov 2002 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Finland	29 Nov 2002
Cuba	03 Dec 2002 (Festival of the New Latin American Cinema)
Australia	12 Dec 2002
Czech Republic	24 Jan 2003 (Febio Film Festival)
Norway	24 Jan 2003
Slovenia	13 Feb 2003
Portugal	28 Feb 2003
Guyana	06 Mar 2003
Hungary	06 Mar 2003
Estonia	07 Mar 2003
Switzerland	27 Mar 2003 (German speaking region)
USA	28 Mar 2003
Czech Republic	03 Apr 2003
Poland	04 Apr 2003
Switzerland	10 Apr 2003 (French speaking region)
Netherlands	10 Apr 2003 (Fantastic Film Festival)
Germany	13 Apr 2003 (Nippon Connection Film Festival)
Italy	18 Apr 2003
Netherlands	24 Apr 2003
Lithuania	25 Apr 2003
Norway	29 Apr 2003 (Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival)
Belgium	30 Apr 2003 (Flemish speaking region)
Germany	19 Jun 2003
Austria	20 Jun 2003
Israel	26 Jun 2003
UK	11 Jul 2003 (Cambridge Film Festival)
Argentina	17 Jul 2003
Brazil	18 Jul 2003
Chile	20 Jul 2003
Venezuela	06 Aug 2003
Peru	13 Aug 2003
Greece	05 Sep 2003
UK	12 Sep 2003
Ireland	12 Sep 2003
Mexico	12 Sep 2003
Sweden	19 Sep 2003
South Korea	21 Sep 2003 (Megabox Japan Film Festival)
Slovakia	25 Sep 2003
Denmark	29 Sep 2003 (Buster Children's Film Festival)
Croatia	30 Sep 2003
Denmark	10 Oct 2003
Colombia	07 Nov 2003
Iceland	22 Dec 2003 (video premiere)
Panama	09 Jan 2004
Ecuador	11 Jan 2004
Bahrain	14 Jan 2004
Turkey	18 Jun 2004
Kuwait	02 Feb 2005
Switzerland	(Locarno Film Festival)
USA	13 Oct 2012 (Hawaii Film Festival)
USA	16 Nov 2012 (IFC Center) (re-release)
Turkey	09 Mar 2013 (Istanbul Japon Filmleri Festivali)
Italy	25 Jun 2014 (re-release)
USA	08 Nov 2014 (Three Rivers Film Festival)
South Korea	05 Feb 2015 (digitally re-mastered version)
Norway	08 May 2015 (re-release)
Chile	23 Jul 2015 (Festival: Cine Studio Ghibli Biblioteca Viva Sur)
Russia	31 Dec 2002
Argentina	02 Dec 2016 (AniFest Argentina)
Also Known As:
(original title)	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
	Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro
(informal literal English title)	The Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro
Argentina	El viaje de Chihiro
Austria	Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland
Australia	Spirited Away
Belgium (French title)	Le voyage de Chihiro
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)	Отнесени от духовете
Brazil	A Viagem de Chihiro
Switzerland (German title)	Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland
Switzerland (French title)	Le voyage de Chihiro
Chile	El viaje de Chihiro
Colombia	El viaje de Chihiro
Czech Republic	Cesta do fantazie
Germany	Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland
Denmark	Chihiro og heksene
Ecuador	El viaje de Chihiro
Estonia	Vaimudest viidud
Spain (Basque title)	Chihiroren bidaia
Spain	El viaje de Chihiro
Spain (Catalan title)	El viatge de Chihiro
Finland	Henkien kätkemä
France	Le voyage de Chihiro
UK	Spirited Away
Greece (festival title)	Diakopes sti hora ton thavmaton
Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)	Taxidi sti hora ton thavmaton
Greece	Ταξίδι στη Χώρα των Θαυμάτων
Croatia	Avanture male Chihiro
Hungary	Chihiro szellemországban
Israel (English title)	The Wonderful Journey
Iran (festival title)	Shahre Ashbah
Italy	La città incantata
Japan (informal short title)	Sen
Lithuania	Stebuklingi Sihiros nuotykiai dvasiu pasaulyje
Mexico	El viaje de Chihiro
Netherlands	De reis van Chihiro
Norway	Chihiro og heksene
Peru	El viaje de Chihiro
Poland	Spirited Away: W Krainie Bogów
Portugal	A Viagem de Chihiro
Romania	Calatoria lui Chihiro
Serbia	Na krilima duha
Serbia (DVD title)	Zacarani grad
Russia	Унесённые призраками
Sweden	Spirited Away
Slovenia	Cudezno potovanje
Slovakia	Cesta do fantázie
Turkey (Turkish title)	Ruhlarin Kaçisi
USA (poster title)	Miyazaki's Spirited Away
USA	Spirited Away
Venezuela	El viaje de Chihiro
World-wide (Spanish title)	El viaje de Chihiro
World-wide (English title)	Spirited Away
Azerbaijan	Ruhlarin Qaçisi
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)	Отнесена от духовете
South Korea (alternative title)	Sen-gwa Chihiro-ui Haeng-Bang-Bulmyeong
Serbia	Začarani grad
Ukraine	Вiднесенi привидами
Iran (festival title) (Persian title)	Shahre Ashbah