Figure 1: Spirited Away (2001) Poster This film review will focus on the film 'Spirited Away' (2001) , this animated tale follows a small girl known as Chihiro Ogino, who is on her way to move into a new home in a new country with her parents. On the way, they discover what they at first believe is a theme park but is quickly revealed to be a gateway to the spirit world. Upon discovering her parents have been captured and turned into pigs, Chihiro teams up with multiple characters along the way on an adventure of love, fear, and redemption. The film was released in 2001 and was created by the legendary, Studio Ghibli, and was directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The music was composed by Joe Hisaishi and the cinematography was done by Atsushi Okui. This film for its time also the highest grossing of 2001, the film's budget was $20,000,000, but the film grossed in profit with a whopping $280,000,000 worldwide. Spirited Away is a good example of Japanese culture being b...