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movie Spirited Away

Released: July 20, 2001
Runtime: 2 hours 5 minutes
Animation Family Fantasy

A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.

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