Spirited Away, released in 2001 and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, still stands 15 years later as the highest grossing film in Japan. It is also the only hand-drawn animated film to receive an Oscar for Best Animated Film. As with many of Miyazaki's films, and perhaps explaining their success, the delivery is colourful and fantastical, yet the themes explored are deep and unsettling. Spirited Away tackles the ailments of a carelessly modernizing Japan: corruption, pollution, capitalism, and a loss of identity. Chihiro, the protagonist, fights against these ills with her youthful benevolence, as of yet untainted by age. Miyazaki's other magnum opus, My Neighbour Totoro, supposedly contains even more macabre foundations. The plot contains striking similarities to the Sayama Incident, in which a 16 year old girl was raped and murdered.
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