Review 2 : Movie "Spirited Away"

A movie “Spirited Away”

            I have just watched this movie a few days ago. From the title, we can know that this movie is about a spirit. It is a Japan animation. This movie tells us about how much someone loves his/her parents. It also shows someone who is never desperate and keep on struggling to save his/her parents. Spirited Away is an interesting movie because we can’t guess what is going to happen. The characters from this movie are Chihiro/Sen (main character), Haku (the river’s god), Yubaaba (the owner of spirit’s bathing place), Kamaji (the steam kettle worker), Rin (Chihiro’s friend in the work place), Kaonashi (a monster), and Zenibaa (Yubaaba’s twin sibling).

            The story started when Chihiro and her parents moved to their new house, but they were lost. They found a mysterious tunnel. They entered to the tunnel. Actually, the tunnel was the way to a village. They explored the village but there was no one there. Then, Chihiro’s father found many delicious foods without any seller. Soon, Chihiro’s parents ate them with the intention to pay it when the seller back. But, Chihiro didn’t want to eat because she felt something strange in that area. Chihiro looked around the village and left her parents behind. When she came back to her parents, she saw that her parents had changed become two fat pigs.

            There she met Haku. Haku asked Chihiro to leave the village as soon as possible. It was dark when Chihiro tried to go out from the strange village. It was in vain to run away because the way to go back was disappear and became a sea. She came back to the village and saw many spirits there. She was afraid. She hid from the crowd. Haku found her and brought her entered the village once more. Haku told her to meet Kamaji and ask for a job. When she met Kamaji, Kamaji asked her to meet Yubaaba. He said that Yubaaba would give her a job. Finally, Chihiro could meet Yubaaba with a help from Rin. At first, Yubaaba refused to give her a job, but then she gave it. Chihiro made a contract with Yubaaba, but Yubaaba changed her name into Sen.

            Sen worked with Rin in the bathing place. When the morning came, the village was quiet again. At that time, Haku invited Sen to meet her parents. Sen was so sad to look at her parents who were pigs now. Sen promised to save them. It was dark again. Sen’s first job was done well, so Yubaaba liked her. The next day, Sen found that Haku was injured after stealing an important stamp from Zenibaa. Sen helped her. When she helped Haku, she remembered that Haku had ever saved her before. Sen helped Haku to remove the poison from her body by giving a herbal bread. It was successful. Sen had an intention to give the stamp back to Zenibaa. Kamaji gave her some tickets to take a train.

            Before it, Sen had to solve a problem. It was calming down Kaonashi who had made the bathing place in disorder. Sen was successful to bring Kaonashi leave that place. Kaonashi followed Sen. When Kaonashi followed her, he became a good spirit. He followed Sen to Zenibaa’s house. Zenibaa was a good witch. Sen gave the stamp to her. After a short conversation there, Sen asked for permission to come back. But, Kaonashi didn’t come with her anymore and stayed with Zenibaa. Actually, Haku picked her up. So, Sen could come back by riding Haku who changed become a blue dragon. On the way, they were talking each other. In that conversation, Sen found Haku’s real name. It was Nigihayami Kohaku Nushi. Haku was very glad to have her real name back. When they arrived at the village, Yubaaba was waiting for them in the bridge. She said that if Sen wanted her parents back, she had to guess which her parents in the crowd of pigs were. She was successful. Soon, she left the village and found her parents were standing near a tunnel where they came before. Finally, they left the tunnel and went back safely.

            Film animasi ini menceritakan kisah seorang anak yang berusaha keras untuk menyelamatkan orang tuanya yang berubah menjadi babi karena sihir. Anak itu bernama Chihiro. tetapi saat dia bekerja bersama para arwah namanya berubah menjadi Sen. Tidak mudah perjalanan Sen untuk menyelamatkan orang tuanya. Dia harus hidup berdampingan dengan para arwah. Dia harus menghadapi Yubaaba yang kejam. Tetapi di sana dia juga mendapatkan beberapa teman baru yang baik padanya yaitu Haku, Kamaji, dan Rin. Cerita film ini sangat menyentuh. Film ini menunjukkan bahwa kasih saying seorang anak kepada orang tuanya tak kalah besar dari rasa saying orang tua kepada anaknya. Semangat untuk terus berjuang dan pantang menyerah ditunjukkan dalam film ini. Film ini sangat bagus untuk memotivasi anak-anak di seluruh dunia untuk lebih dan lebih lagi menyayangi orang tuanya.