I feel sorry for Miyazaki. No matter how many times he states what this movie is about people want to try and turn it into something it’s not. This movie is such a classic and for some reason people have to try and find hidden meanings in it that don’t exist.
He has literally said the movie is and was inspired by underground sex work. A large part of that is sex trafficking or child slavery. There is also japanese writings in the bathhouse that mean brothel. So... if he didn’t want that message to be portrayed then he’s failed.
I’m 18 now I remember the old lady and watching it on Cartoon Network or some thing when I was like 5 or something and I thought that was the scariest part and I couldn’t remember and find the name until now
People seem weirdly hung up on how "there was no reference to child sex trafficking in the film" like, guys, they NEVER said they were talking about only sex trafficking. They even mentioned kids working in dangerous mines in the video. They're just talking about child labor in general. There's many ways to immorally and illegally profit from children and humans in general besides sexual exploitation.
Always made me so sad that moment when parents are low key mad at her for running away, yet they are the ones who caused her getting in trouble and she tried so hard to fix their mistakes… ugh
I always took it as a coming of age story, going through the trials of life that adulthood brings. To survive she needs a job and enters the bathhouse at the bottom, and needs to work her way up. She needs manners and obedience to get by, because she must prove herself. Also, her parents cannot help her, and indeed she has to save them. In this way, she is realising that she must grow beyond her parents and one day look after them.
Pure nostalgia, i remember i used to watch this at my granpa's place and hide during the scene when the girls parents turn into pigs. Its crazy how time flies :(
@@franco5800 OMG same ? why do you think that is thought , i re watched it recently and of course i wasnt scared but it genuinely traumatized me as a kid.
You are right, it’s about other themes. But you can’t deny that the maker of the movie intentionally made connections with Japanese child sex trafficking. It’s absolutely not the main theme but it’s a minor influence.
even though it's a very "controversial" (would that be the right word?) way of interpreting the themes the film, it's not necessarily a completely wrong one
@@denied7616 i agree. its only 1 or 2 steps in logic to get there. plus, what we are really going after is, how is this film understood in its original culture, because translated literally 'bathhouse' is a cover for 'brothel' the film is obviously, Not Literal in-that-sense, but everything matches up if you take the slightest slant there are 100k views on this vid so, its only 1-2 steps in logic removed
But she signed a contract and asked for the job. She was told no but chihiro insisted. She keep asking and eventually was told yes. If it was really about child slavery she would have been kidnapped and forced to work, no signing of a contract and no asking
i agree it’s not human trafficking but you can still want to work somewhere and get human trafficked. human trafficking means making someone work for you (prostitution, maid etc) and not letting them leave and having control over their financial lives and the people themselves too.
Yeah but Chihiro wasn’t aware that she was basically being human trafficked by Yubaba. She just took Haku’s instructions to work for the bathhouse so she would be safe.
not really, many people "sign" contracts to be models or actors, but end up trafficked somewhere against their will, especially because most aren't law literate in the same way chihiro gave her full real name naïvely
The takes on this video's comment section are horrible and I feel like they're written by children who didn't understand the movie. Firstly, Chihiro means "thousand" and "inquire", or together "to inquire deeply" (onyomi writing is Senjin, which is where 'sen' comes from). Secondly, Chihiro MUST work to live in the spirit world. Haku at the beginning of the movie is the one who tells her to beg for a job no matter what. He is her guide, but also bound to yubaba as her henchman. How did people miss that? Also people missed the entire part about no-face and what he represents. He's creepy, he's introverted, and he does represent someone looking to form a relationship with chihiro by giving her whatever she wants. He's literally getting fed by greedy workers and asking for chihiro the whole time. What would no-face represent? Pretty odd to have this character when the main antagonist is yubaba and the movie could have gone on without the no face character. I'm sorry this video ruined your childhood movie but this theory is not at all farfetched. This video isn't well done and doesn't clarify a lot but I see how this movie can be interpreted that way. With all the deep symbolism in this movie, why do people seem so hell bent on interpreting it as a fairy tale with no real meaning or some shallow nonsense like "follow your heart and be who you really are even when people tell you you're not"?
I borrowed it from my brother-in-law and seeing Chihiro's parents being turned into pigs made me uncomfortable and I'm glad they turned back into their human form at the end. My brother-in-law admits it is a weird film and I do like sharing stuff about it for those who do like the film. :)
I remember being so scared watching this movie when our teacher played it randomly one day in 3rd grade. Having just recently watched it, it’s an amazing movie with great characters, theme, and storytelling
To be fair, Chihiro signed her life away by her own volition. Nobody forced her to work herself to the bone! If anyone was ever paying attention to the movie, even Yubaba was AGAINST giving her a job at her bathhouse especially due to her deep disdain and distrust towards humans!! Hell, she knew how Chihiro lived and how her parents ruined the spirits' restaurant. It was all an eye for an eye. All in all, I see no real child slavery in the movie at work. Chihiro did what she could to survive and save her parents, and the spirits the worked who with her respected her the longer she worked at the bathouse!
You’re contradicting yourself - you say she did it of her own volition, but then say she “did what she had to do”… yes she asked for a job, BUT remember that it was Haku that told her she needed to do that or else she’d be killed via being turned into a pig or coal, so her whole mission to get a job was driven by coercion from the situation which is still forceful… and how can you speak of “eye for an eye” about a literal child? Chihiro was AGAINST her parents ruining the restaurants… not to mention it doesn’t change the fact that Yubaba still takes her on and exploits her anyway
What a disgusting opinion, you’re a pretty shitty person if you’re not trolling. Tf do you expect a literal CHILD to do when told “Work or die”? Guess what! Child labor is child labor if a child is forced (yes! even proverbially) to to labor. Fucking 🤡
@@DJVirgoNeun1 Seems like you aren't seeing this from the Child's perspective, she has quite literally nothing outside that world, if she leaves she loses her parents, and really at that point in the film she had no other choice but to beg, it still is exploitation because it was used as a way to get her parents back, not really a choice when the choice is freedom and starve or child slavery with the chance of potential freedom. You are coming at this like a kid has the same mind as a child, that children make rational decisions, or that kids can fend for themselves at that age.
Not only did Yubaba try to deny her the job, the only reason she accepted was because Yubaba had to accept anyone who truly wanted to work. I think it was one of those Yokai things,
From a cultural point of view, I know this movie isn't about sexual slavery. Bath houses don't symbolize prostitution of children. It symbolizes how community-based a society was before the westernization of the Far East, taking note that bath houses were common places of gathering of children and their parents. It portrays a greater theme of 'human exploitation' in the theme of the working-world and the job-based way of life of modern Japan and many other countries. It reflects the cycle of work and life in order to achieve a better future, perhaps, by the hope that one can eventually escape it. In this movie, the child-like nature of people is represented by Chihiro who must succeed in all the tasks she is given in order to escape the bath house. Be aware that this could have been equally a boy or a girl. Rationally thinking, this would not necessarily represent sexual labour. The working-world of this movie shows the insanity and the mindless way of life of the capitalist society in modern Japan, blending it with the 'spiritual world' associated with consumption and loss of identity to reflect the adversity of a capitalist system. Chihiro represents the inner child in all of us, that wants to express itself and to be known. It intentionally portrays the child-self needing to be free from the 'prison-like' system of modern world. Like in this movie, she eventually escapes the spirit world after many obstacles to keep her trapped into the bath house. This shows the difficulty and the level of self-mastery needed to escape the vicious cycle of the work-based way of life that often leads to death without achieving much meaning in life. This movie shows that if we don't give up, we can escape our own mental prisons that we have built for ourselves. This movie strikingly illustrates the desire for freedom of the human spirit.
Actually the author of the film confirmed that showing light to child abuse was a small inspiration for the film. Not the main theme but he wanted to bring attention to it.
i don't see why everyone is being so overly negative towards this video. the author merely uses spirited away as an example, and is using the movie to spark discussion. there is completely no point in saying "bUt ThAtS Not WhAt ThE oRiGiNaL moViE mEaNt". Miyazaki didn't include a clear meaning in the movie at all. He made an intentionally vague movie, people find their own meanings in it, stop making this sound like a hate crime. You can choose to not agree with the video, but don't attack the creator for sharing their own views on the film.
it is not. The actual studio has said, it has nothing to do with trafficking or child labor or any kind of sexual thing. It was about playing pretend in abandoned places, and the adventures you can have playing outside with a child's imagination. It AIN'T that deep.
You guys saying Chihiro legally consented to the work, by the way, seem to forget that children can legally consent to anything lol. And she only 'wanted' to work, because her parents were in debt, and she had no choice. Why do you think a lot children end up getting sold into slavery?
Pretty sure the film was about maturity and character development, I don't think this was made with human trafficking and the horrors as the forefront. If you look at the beginning, she was immature and didn't want to accept change, and the end of the film, she embraces the change and her character growth reflects maturity and acceptance of reality. I think that's the theme, although it does reference the sex industry in Japan...but that doesn't correlate to human trafficking, I think it's a bit more cultural then what outsiders can see.
Hey japanese mixed race here. Actually hot spring (onsen) cannot be together with different sex. But in the movie chihiro was serving the male youkai. Also the kaonashi bothered and stalked chihiro to serve him which kinda similar to hostess or semi prostitution…. Honestly it is weird if you go deep to it…
_Im here because I actually have a nightmare about living in spirited away and girl its fucking different version of suffocation it feels like i am living in north korea in the whole dream then there’s a part there that i know i am sleeping and I really want to awake but i cant and i am dying there and feel melancholy but i cant scream. Then when I woke up my wrist is in pain because of my bad sleep position i see my veins in my hands and i cant move it thankgod I really get awake that night! because if I died that night then no one will know that i am stock in this spirited away / north korea world I’ve been!! Its so depressing and disguising hell to me, I don’t want to experience that thing at all... the woman character here is so brave I really love hayao miyazako for making movie with the great strong woman in the show 💞✨💞✨💞✨_
That’s why other videos expressing different interpretations exists? Just because this video states one interpretation doesn’t mean it’s been reduced to that…
Man..when i was a child back in 2006..i just scared the sht out of me when those parents turned pigs..it was the 1st wierd thing ever i saw,well later on things got even wierder so now its fine
Sorry but that’s not really the true meaning behind Spirited Away.. I suggest you do more research cause Hayao Miyazaki Actually confirmed that Spirited Away is based of prostitution in Japan and not child labor but that’s what it seemed like to other weatern fans but in fact thats not the case.. I suggest to do more research and provide More evidence in the future if your doing more of these types of videos
thats abit of a harsh criticism. To a westerners eyes, I think the whole child slavery shtick is a fair conclusion to make when watching this film. Being based in japanese stylings and history there would dozens if not hundreds of cultural references that would be near impossible to understand not coming from or growing up in japan. The whole removing of Chihiros real name and turning it into sen is more akin to escort name than a slave contract, sure. But mind you Miyazaki had to point that out, years after the film came out.....
Correct me if I’m wrong, but child prostitution has been an issue in Japan, not just with adults right? And how is that not child labour, it’s just a specific type of it
What about the scene where Chihiro willingly asked for a job? She decided to put herself through that she could have just ran home, called the cops and had the entire bath house shut down by the ghost police 😂😂😂. Either way tho Studio Ghibli good, Human trafficking bad. *pats head*
Actually I read that Hayao Miyazaki lowkey based the bathhouse on the sex industry and how present it is in Japanese culture. He said that even down the street from the premiere there was a prestigious sex bathhouse. I think this makes sense. Miyazaki has often criticised the state of anime about being catered towards hedonistic audiences who like to exploit women and hypersexualise characters. I think Spirited Away is somewhat underlining this message
Chihiro wants to work to save her family she isn't forced lol AND THIS IS ANIME MAIN CHARECTERS DON'T DIEEE AAA And plus she needs to know how to work because one day she will have a family of her own
Let's be fair here. Yes, child labor, human slavery, and sex trafficking are all horrible things that should be condemned. However, I don't think you should stretch the movie's meaning to be something it wasn't intended. Yes, this is an interesting video showing comparisons and building metaphors, but don't speak about it as if it's fact by the intention of the creators. You are responsible at that point for misrepresenting potential millions of people with an audience whom might not be wise to it's actual context. If those metaphors speak to people whom have suffered through similar circumstances, may they be at peace and comfort. But this piece of art by Hayao Miyazaki shouldn't be spun into a false narrative.
Okay i just saw a wrong channel. I didn't expect smthing s*it like this about this movie. That talked like this movie was based on true story... Hell... I'm just in wrong channel
Wow. Just, wow. You don't get many calls to go to parties or to dinner, do you? Wow...it's like if I ask you if you like steak and you start ranting about saturated fats, heart disease statistics, and veganism. Sounds like you people are fun to be around.
I don't fully understand this animosity towards the boomer generation. Literally, every municipal building, school, park, etc that we use today was either built by them or paid for by them. The average city hall and the average high school was built before 1965. Our infrastructure is aging and we can't get our generation to do anything about it. I live in one of these districts that have a lot of younger people, many of them with children, and yet every time there is an infrastructure levy or school bond that needs to be passed, it either fails outright or barely passes. The boomers will only be around for another 10-20 years at most after which we will only have ourselves to blame. Yeah, they polluted the earth, ruined the economy and diminished the middle class by their opposition to unions, deregulation of industry and a really unusual belief in conservative politicians who turn after turn have let them down. But what is worse, unknowingly causing an atrocity or knowingly allowing an atrocity to continue?
I wish. There were more opportunities during their generation. The neocons of the 80s ruined that for us. I've spent all of my 20s sacrificing to reach the middle class only to reach my 30s and to find out that I can't even afford a house. The first neocon generation dismantled the unions and educated people like me thought it was a good idea, it would create cheap labor which would leave more money for us...A stupid proposition. The Middle class income is irrevocably tied to lower class income. Sure they were able to slow down the growth of income but the cost of goods, property and education kept growing at a normal pace. The boomer generation understood the importance of regulation, of unions, of planning for the future. That is until the infection that is neoconservative and the intertwining of religion took over. Ugh, I'm done put a fork in me. Ranting into the void does little more than hurt my typing fingers.
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I feel sorry for Miyazaki. No matter how many times he states what this movie is about people want to try and turn it into something it’s not. This movie is such a classic and for some reason people have to try and find hidden meanings in it that don’t exist.
Makes sense.
He has literally said the movie is and was inspired by underground sex work. A large part of that is sex trafficking or child slavery. There is also japanese writings in the bathhouse that mean brothel. So... if he didn’t want that message to be portrayed then he’s failed.
It’s not about human trafficking, but it IS about pollution and greed in Japan
That’s pretty much what every school teacher does. Overanalyses every movie book or text we study.
Youwantshum I don’t think you point of analyzing. You sound a bit stupid
I watched this back in 2006 in school. Was fun but don’t remember much of it then watched it years later and fell in love with it
Me too
same but since i was born in 2006, i first saw it like 3 years ago but i recently fell in love with it :)
I did too
I’m 18 now I remember the old lady and watching it on Cartoon Network or some thing when I was like 5 or something and I thought that was the scariest part and I couldn’t remember and find the name until now
I watch this at 2001 so early
People seem weirdly hung up on how "there was no reference to child sex trafficking in the film" like, guys, they NEVER said they were talking about only sex trafficking. They even mentioned kids working in dangerous mines in the video. They're just talking about child labor in general. There's many ways to immorally and illegally profit from children and humans in general besides sexual exploitation.
That’s something that the public immediately goes to when they think of the worst case scenario involving the abuse of children.
Why do you keep saying they? It sounds awkward because it's clearly a her.
@@useyournogos6845 i think they are referring to the movie team....
You really think those men go to that place for a bath
@@heronofheaventhey are not “men” they are gods
Always made me so sad that moment when parents are low key mad at her for running away, yet they are the ones who caused her getting in trouble and she tried so hard to fix their mistakes… ugh
I always took it as a coming of age story, going through the trials of life that adulthood brings. To survive she needs a job and enters the bathhouse at the bottom, and needs to work her way up. She needs manners and obedience to get by, because she must prove herself. Also, her parents cannot help her, and indeed she has to save them. In this way, she is realising that she must grow beyond her parents and one day look after them.
BUT HEY, IT'S JUST A THEORY
A FIIIIILM THEORY!!!!!!!!
We got the wrong channel
a game theory
Pure nostalgia, i remember i used to watch this at my granpa's place and hide during the scene when the girls parents turn into pigs. Its crazy how time flies :(
Bro i remember being a little kid i was at my grandmaws and this came on at night and i just found out last year what this movie was
I swear I'm traumatised to this day because of that scene.
Honestly that scene ruined the whole movie for me as a small child
saaame
@@franco5800 OMG same ? why do you think that is thought , i re watched it recently and of course i wasnt scared but it genuinely traumatized me as a kid.
It's not about child slavery
You are right, it’s about other themes. But you can’t deny that the maker of the movie intentionally made connections with Japanese child sex trafficking. It’s absolutely not the main theme but it’s a minor influence.
But have a question: what kind of channel do you think this is? Why would they focus on child abuse?
@@yucol5661 i do feel like it is about child trafficking
@@JenelleFajardo no it’s not it’s about a young girl’s fears and anxiety and facing that fear.
even though it's a very "controversial" (would that be the right word?) way of interpreting the themes the film, it's not necessarily a completely wrong one
This movie gives me so many emotions at once, its strange, scary,then its more funny, and the music too, the way it was made and how it is is so cool
please please stop trying to turn this movie into something it isn’t.
it's about pollution and could have an underlying message on trafficking. people interpret movies in different ways
i mean it's LITERALLY about a girl slaving in a bathhouse. so the theory it's a metaphor about child slavery isn't really farfetched.
denied didn’t she ask though?
@@denied7616 i agree. its only 1 or 2 steps in logic to get there.
plus, what we are really going after is,
how is this film understood in its original culture, because translated literally 'bathhouse' is a cover for 'brothel'
the film is obviously, Not Literal in-that-sense, but everything matches up if you take the slightest slant
there are 100k views on this vid so, its only 1-2 steps in logic removed
Don't turn this into something it isn't
This movie has a lot of meanings and up for interpretation. As all movies are often is. Try expanding your mind a bit more.
But she signed a contract and asked for the job. She was told no but chihiro insisted. She keep asking and eventually was told yes. If it was really about child slavery she would have been kidnapped and forced to work, no signing of a contract and no asking
i agree it’s not human trafficking but you can still want to work somewhere and get human trafficked. human trafficking means making someone work for you (prostitution, maid etc) and not letting them leave and having control over their financial lives and the people themselves too.
Yeah but Chihiro wasn’t aware that she was basically being human trafficked by Yubaba. She just took Haku’s instructions to work for the bathhouse so she would be safe.
not really, many people "sign" contracts to be models or actors, but end up trafficked somewhere against their will, especially because most aren't law literate in the same way chihiro gave her full real name naïvely
The takes on this video's comment section are horrible and I feel like they're written by children who didn't understand the movie. Firstly, Chihiro means "thousand" and "inquire", or together "to inquire deeply" (onyomi writing is Senjin, which is where 'sen' comes from). Secondly, Chihiro MUST work to live in the spirit world. Haku at the beginning of the movie is the one who tells her to beg for a job no matter what. He is her guide, but also bound to yubaba as her henchman. How did people miss that? Also people missed the entire part about no-face and what he represents. He's creepy, he's introverted, and he does represent someone looking to form a relationship with chihiro by giving her whatever she wants. He's literally getting fed by greedy workers and asking for chihiro the whole time. What would no-face represent? Pretty odd to have this character when the main antagonist is yubaba and the movie could have gone on without the no face character.
I'm sorry this video ruined your childhood movie but this theory is not at all farfetched. This video isn't well done and doesn't clarify a lot but I see how this movie can be interpreted that way. With all the deep symbolism in this movie, why do people seem so hell bent on interpreting it as a fairy tale with no real meaning or some shallow nonsense like "follow your heart and be who you really are even when people tell you you're not"?
I remember watching this when I was younger, memories...
I borrowed it from my brother-in-law and seeing Chihiro's parents being turned into pigs made me uncomfortable and I'm glad they turned back into their human form at the end. My brother-in-law admits it is a weird film and I do like sharing stuff about it for those who do like the film. :)
I remember being so scared watching this movie when our teacher played it randomly one day in 3rd grade. Having just recently watched it, it’s an amazing movie with great characters, theme, and storytelling
over analysis. very annoying.
Thats the point of this video tho-
To be fair, Chihiro signed her life away by her own volition. Nobody forced her to work herself to the bone! If anyone was ever paying attention to the movie, even Yubaba was AGAINST giving her a job at her bathhouse especially due to her deep disdain and distrust towards humans!! Hell, she knew how Chihiro lived and how her parents ruined the spirits' restaurant. It was all an eye for an eye. All in all, I see no real child slavery in the movie at work. Chihiro did what she could to survive and save her parents, and the spirits the worked who with her respected her the longer she worked at the bathouse!
You’re contradicting yourself - you say she did it of her own volition, but then say she “did what she had to do”… yes she asked for a job, BUT remember that it was Haku that told her she needed to do that or else she’d be killed via being turned into a pig or coal, so her whole mission to get a job was driven by coercion from the situation which is still forceful… and how can you speak of “eye for an eye” about a literal child? Chihiro was AGAINST her parents ruining the restaurants… not to mention it doesn’t change the fact that Yubaba still takes her on and exploits her anyway
What a disgusting opinion, you’re a pretty shitty person if you’re not trolling. Tf do you expect a literal CHILD to do when told “Work or die”?
Guess what! Child labor is child labor if a child is forced (yes! even proverbially) to to labor. Fucking 🤡
@@damonirvine8910 Sounds personal to me. If you were even paying attention to the movie, she did to help her family.
@@DJVirgoNeun1 Seems like you aren't seeing this from the Child's perspective, she has quite literally nothing outside that world, if she leaves she loses her parents, and really at that point in the film she had no other choice but to beg, it still is exploitation because it was used as a way to get her parents back, not really a choice when the choice is freedom and starve or child slavery with the chance of potential freedom. You are coming at this like a kid has the same mind as a child, that children make rational decisions, or that kids can fend for themselves at that age.
Not only did Yubaba try to deny her the job, the only reason she accepted was because Yubaba had to accept anyone who truly wanted to work. I think it was one of those Yokai things,
At least we don’t have to worry about our current supervisors controlling us by stealing our names off our resumes 😁
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"even in countries with labor laws that prohibit child slavery, it still happens!" 1:50 ish) well duh...
From a cultural point of view, I know this movie isn't about sexual slavery. Bath houses don't symbolize prostitution of children. It symbolizes how community-based a society was before the westernization of the Far East, taking note that bath houses were common places of gathering of children and their parents. It portrays a greater theme of 'human exploitation' in the theme of the working-world and the job-based way of life of modern Japan and many other countries. It reflects the cycle of work and life in order to achieve a better future, perhaps, by the hope that one can eventually escape it. In this movie, the child-like nature of people is represented by Chihiro who must succeed in all the tasks she is given in order to escape the bath house. Be aware that this could have been equally a boy or a girl. Rationally thinking, this would not necessarily represent sexual labour. The working-world of this movie shows the insanity and the mindless way of life of the capitalist society in modern Japan, blending it with the 'spiritual world' associated with consumption and loss of identity to reflect the adversity of a capitalist system. Chihiro represents the inner child in all of us, that wants to express itself and to be known. It intentionally portrays the child-self needing to be free from the 'prison-like' system of modern world. Like in this movie, she eventually escapes the spirit world after many obstacles to keep her trapped into the bath house. This shows the difficulty and the level of self-mastery needed to escape the vicious cycle of the work-based way of life that often leads to death without achieving much meaning in life. This movie shows that if we don't give up, we can escape our own mental prisons that we have built for ourselves. This movie strikingly illustrates the desire for freedom of the human spirit.
I agree. This video is trying to turn the movie into something it’s not.
I am still working out how you reached that conclusion. Am stumped!!!
Anything can be twisted and turned into a "hidden meaning" if you're determined enough
Actually the author of the film confirmed that showing light to child abuse was a small inspiration for the film. Not the main theme but he wanted to bring attention to it.
Sounds like a forced homework assignment - combining 2 subjects that dont go together but you are forced to find common things between them.
this film took a very dark turn
i would like to just keep the kid-inside-me interpretation but
this one is sticking too
this is not what the movie is about
You’re turning it into something it’s not. Stop.
i don't see why everyone is being so overly negative towards this video. the author merely uses spirited away as an example, and is using the movie to spark discussion.
there is completely no point in saying "bUt ThAtS Not WhAt ThE oRiGiNaL moViE mEaNt". Miyazaki didn't include a clear meaning in the movie at all. He made an intentionally vague movie, people find their own meanings in it, stop making this sound like a hate crime.
You can choose to not agree with the video, but don't attack the creator for sharing their own views on the film.
I really want to watch this movie again
There's obviously a resolution at the end of the movie and she is freed. I'm sure Miyasakis heart was right when he made it.
When i was really young i watched this movie without even knowing it but i only remembered this scene for this reason
Is this 'human trafficking' theory the only spirited away theory? I hope not, but it's the only theory I've heard
it is not. The actual studio has said, it has nothing to do with trafficking or child labor or any kind of sexual thing. It was about playing pretend in abandoned places, and the adventures you can have playing outside with a child's imagination. It AIN'T that deep.
this movie was my childhood
i watched it alot ^^
It’s just a movie let it be jeez....
literally every movie has a deeper meaning than just the surface level story, this is a very possible interpretation
@@squidvision well... Star wars doesn't really get deeper than "good vs evil" and "good always wins" so.
Jakoby tha shinobi its a commentary on the vietnam war
@@squidvision oh. That's kinda cool.
Rice Tuna actually Hayao Miyazaki confirmed that this movie is actually based off Prostitution in Japan
You guys saying Chihiro legally consented to the work, by the way, seem to forget that children can legally consent to anything lol.
And she only 'wanted' to work, because her parents were in debt, and she had no choice.
Why do you think a lot children end up getting sold into slavery?
Pretty sure the film was about maturity and character development, I don't think this was made with human trafficking and the horrors as the forefront. If you look at the beginning, she was immature and didn't want to accept change, and the end of the film, she embraces the change and her character growth reflects maturity and acceptance of reality. I think that's the theme, although it does reference the sex industry in Japan...but that doesn't correlate to human trafficking, I think it's a bit more cultural then what outsiders can see.
If all this stuff is happening to kids then I suggest you start trying to do something about it and not make videos on movies for children.
It's a commentary on capatalism as a whole, not just child labor/slavery
The narrator has a nice voice
She took her name because it keeps yubabas body tangible.
I watch this yesterday best Ghibli movie I have ever seen
Hey japanese mixed race here. Actually hot spring (onsen) cannot be together with different sex. But in the movie chihiro was serving the male youkai. Also the kaonashi bothered and stalked chihiro to serve him which kinda similar to hostess or semi prostitution…. Honestly it is weird if you go deep to it…
_Im here because I actually have a nightmare about living in spirited away and girl its fucking different version of suffocation it feels like i am living in north korea in the whole dream then there’s a part there that i know i am sleeping and I really want to awake but i cant and i am dying there and feel melancholy but i cant scream. Then when I woke up my wrist is in pain because of my bad sleep position i see my veins in my hands and i cant move it thankgod I really get awake that night! because if I died that night then no one will know that i am stock in this spirited away / north korea world I’ve been!! Its so depressing and disguising hell to me, I don’t want to experience that thing at all... the woman character here is so brave I really love hayao miyazako for making movie with the great strong woman in the show 💞✨💞✨💞✨_
Who is here after Finneas and Claudia's We bought a house
I think the whole movie is so symbolic that reducing its meaning to this concept is just basic
That’s why other videos expressing different interpretations exists? Just because this video states one interpretation doesn’t mean it’s been reduced to that…
So her parents do remember anything?
Now i know why i scared the hell out of me as a child
If that was the case, I wouldn’t hesitate to bring Yubaba to justice in front of OUR courts. First, I’d need to bring an army.
Man..when i was a child back in 2006..i just scared the sht out of me when those parents turned pigs..it was the 1st wierd thing ever i saw,well later on things got even wierder so now its fine
Spirited Away but this is Oggy and the Cockroaches way to do
Sorry but that’s not really the true meaning behind Spirited Away.. I suggest you do more research cause Hayao Miyazaki Actually confirmed that Spirited Away is based of prostitution in Japan and not child labor but that’s what it seemed like to other weatern fans but in fact thats not the case.. I suggest to do more research and provide More evidence in the future if your doing more of these types of videos
thats abit of a harsh criticism. To a westerners eyes, I think the whole child slavery shtick is a fair conclusion to make when watching this film. Being based in japanese stylings and history there would dozens if not hundreds of cultural references that would be near impossible to understand not coming from or growing up in japan.
The whole removing of Chihiros real name and turning it into sen is more akin to escort name than a slave contract, sure. But mind you Miyazaki had to point that out, years after the film came out.....
Prostitution? That's even more dumb
Short Moon yes he did confirm it
@ding ding F*** off
Correct me if I’m wrong, but child prostitution has been an issue in Japan, not just with adults right? And how is that not child labour, it’s just a specific type of it
It's ok to express your own views but it is also OK to dislike the view so I disagree with your expression
bruh calm down
What about the scene where Chihiro willingly asked for a job? She decided to put herself through that she could have just ran home, called the cops and had the entire bath house shut down by the ghost police 😂😂😂.
Either way tho
Studio Ghibli good,
Human trafficking bad.
*pats head*
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Actually I read that Hayao Miyazaki lowkey based the bathhouse on the sex industry and how present it is in Japanese culture. He said that even down the street from the premiere there was a prestigious sex bathhouse. I think this makes sense. Miyazaki has often criticised the state of anime about being catered towards hedonistic audiences who like to exploit women and hypersexualise characters. I think Spirited Away is somewhat underlining this message
You hate men
I watched this so many times when I was little
no
Seems farfetched to me but eh whatever
I watched this in my school the first ever Anime movie I watched I was in 3th grade
Seldomly have I seen a worse take for this movie. They most of the time give me a new perspective. This one fails to do even that.
The subbed version is better lol. Even though I hate reading subtitles like watching a powerpoint presentation.
i watched this movie yesterday
No. Wrong.
This movie is fucking creepy and trippy
i love this story so much
Sen it sure as hell sounded a lot like sin
i remember watching this movie in 6th grade i remember some parts but i like this movie!
I loved this movie but this kinds freak me out
I saw this movie as a theme containing child labor, I saw this beforehand
I knew I watched this before
I DISAGREE WITH THIS
It's not tho
Chihiro wants to work to save her family she isn't forced lol
AND THIS IS ANIME MAIN CHARECTERS DON'T DIEEE AAA
And plus she needs to know how to work because one day she will have a family of her own
yeah but no
This was the first anime i watched i think I was about 8 years old ✌😂
Yubaba is the fattest character in spirited away
Let's be fair here. Yes, child labor, human slavery, and sex trafficking are all horrible things that should be condemned. However, I don't think you should stretch the movie's meaning to be something it wasn't intended. Yes, this is an interesting video showing comparisons and building metaphors, but don't speak about it as if it's fact by the intention of the creators. You are responsible at that point for misrepresenting potential millions of people with an audience whom might not be wise to it's actual context. If those metaphors speak to people whom have suffered through similar circumstances, may they be at peace and comfort. But this piece of art by Hayao Miyazaki shouldn't be spun into a false narrative.
NIGGAN WHAT!?
Okay i just saw a wrong channel. I didn't expect smthing s*it like this about this movie. That talked like this movie was based on true story... Hell... I'm just in wrong channel
This was definitely a high school project lol. This is so stupid
Where can watch this movies?
It's on Netflix :)
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@@antirih4988 just on netflix?
@@nuradlina7629 I'm not sure :/
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Wow. Just, wow. You don't get many calls to go to parties or to dinner, do you? Wow...it's like if I ask you if you like steak and you start ranting about saturated fats, heart disease statistics, and veganism. Sounds like you people are fun to be around.
Thumbs down!! That's a stupid theory!
Wtf u turned a beautiful movie into whatever the shit u want
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ok boomer
I don't fully understand this animosity towards the boomer generation. Literally, every municipal building, school, park, etc that we use today was either built by them or paid for by them. The average city hall and the average high school was built before 1965. Our infrastructure is aging and we can't get our generation to do anything about it. I live in one of these districts that have a lot of younger people, many of them with children, and yet every time there is an infrastructure levy or school bond that needs to be passed, it either fails outright or barely passes. The boomers will only be around for another 10-20 years at most after which we will only have ourselves to blame. Yeah, they polluted the earth, ruined the economy and diminished the middle class by their opposition to unions, deregulation of industry and a really unusual belief in conservative politicians who turn after turn have let them down. But what is worse, unknowingly causing an atrocity or knowingly allowing an atrocity to continue?
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I wish. There were more opportunities during their generation. The neocons of the 80s ruined that for us. I've spent all of my 20s sacrificing to reach the middle class only to reach my 30s and to find out that I can't even afford a house. The first neocon generation dismantled the unions and educated people like me thought it was a good idea, it would create cheap labor which would leave more money for us...A stupid proposition. The Middle class income is irrevocably tied to lower class income. Sure they were able to slow down the growth of income but the cost of goods, property and education kept growing at a normal pace. The boomer generation understood the importance of regulation, of unions, of planning for the future. That is until the infection that is neoconservative and the intertwining of religion took over. Ugh, I'm done put a fork in me. Ranting into the void does little more than hurt my typing fingers.
Lemon Juice,, you have the mental capacity of plastic. It pains me to see how ignorant you are.
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I was 3 years old when i watched this and i had no idea wtf this was i found it hilarious and i laughed for 45 minutes and threw up twice
Lmao this video is funny as hell
yeaaaaah idk about this take... it aint that deep lmao
Wtf
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shi's nat, never her sleiv, yu ar not anderstending dha wording, "+yu bilong tu mi naw"+ laik ai gat may budō zen, sou may disaipols bilong tu mi, ai am onin dhem may responsabiliry, may Saṅṃgha is may responsabiliry, sou ai ask, wat dhe fack ar yu duing widh dhat compareishon, laik dhat Yubaba has her own twin gemelian Yubabay, Black æ Wait correct magics dhey du, sou ai am worryd onin may culturs, moust ov oll in may Japan, sou, ai will teik wat's correct, wat's not, ai woun't forgiv, COSZČ AI CAN'T! AGEN!
It's this movie yes but let's not exaggerated and call this movie a masterpiece that's just too much
it is
Mate….it’s a cartoon, settle down and get a life yeah?? Bit embarrassing how much you’ve went into this…ITS….A…CARTOOOOOOOOOON.