In the case of "Spirited Away," in a simple moment ... be owned by the same witch who turned Chihiro's parents into pigs. Here's how the scene starts. Haku: Meet me at the bridge.

Unlike many movies that depict children simplistically, Spirited Away captures the complexities of childhood in a way few films do. It presents Chihiro ... and Haku show how she grows more ...

By Steven Zeitchik Senior Editor, Technology and Politics At the start of Hayao Miyazaki’s modern classic Spirited Away, the young heroine Chihiro and her parents are exploring a seemingly abandoned ...

Yubaba takes away parts of her name, making it meaningless. Remembering who you are is repeatedly hammered home in the story, as even Chihiro’s spirit companion, Haku, is enslaved to Yubaba ...

There’s Haku ... Chihiro, evoking the character of a pre-teen girl entirely through movement and physicality. When she weeps, it is painful; when she triumphs, it is electrifying. Spirited Away ...

En route to a new house Chihiro’s parents take her to an abandoned theme park, eat a mysterious buffet and are turned into pigs by the witch Yubaba. Shape-shifting dragon-boy Haku (Kotara Daigo ...