How does the movie Spirited Away justify its title?
The movie Spirited Away has the title in Japanese as 千と千尋の神隠し, which means Sen and Chihiro Spiriting Away. This movie is about the Chihiro), a ten-year-old girl who enters the spirit world while moving to new house and try to find a way to free herself and her parents from this spirit world.
How does this movie justify its title, Sen and Chihiro Spiriting Away?
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From Merriam-Webster, spirit means
the immaterial intelligent or sentient part of a person
and
to carry off usually secretly or mysteriously
Spirited Away is a clever play on words, referencing how Chihiro enters the spirit world. She gets carried off her own world, and she becomes a spirit.
For reference, Spirited Away is not a literal translation. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi literally means hiding in the spirit world or hidden by the gods, and in other languages, the movie was distributed with other titles, such as Chihiro's Journey.
Oh, and also, if you're wondering about the Sen and Chihiro references, check out my other question!
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Why Spirited Away is the title?
The "hiro" in Chihiro means to ask questions. Kamikakushi means spirited away with kami meaning spirit or god and kakushi meaning hidden. So perhaps we can translate the title as "Sen and the Mysterious Disappearance of Chihiro." "Spirited Away" was released in in July 2001.What is the original title of Spirited Away?
Spirited Away (\u5343\u3068\u5343\u5c0b\u306e\u795e\u96a0\u3057 , Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, literally translated as "Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away"), is the 12th animated film written and directed Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, and premiered in theaters in Japan on July 20, 2001.What does being Spirited Away mean?
Carry off mysteriously or secretly, as in The police found that the documents had been spirited away from the office. This term derives from the noun spirit, in the sense of \u201ca supernatural being such as a ghost.\u201d [What is the moral of the movie Spirited Away?
In Spirited Away, one message holds itself above all others, and that is to never forget who you are.Spirited Away Movie Review
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Answer 2
If something is "spirited away" it means that it has been removed without anybody noticing. This is exactly what happens to Chihiro in the film after she is separated from her parents. At the same time, the place she is "spirited away" too is the land of spirits, giving the title a double-meaning of sorts.
As for the "Sen and Chihiro" part, these are the names that Chihiro is referred to over the course of the film. Chihiro is her real name and Sen is the name given to her by Yubaba.
So, Spirited Away (or Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) is a film about a young girl who is spirited away to the land of spirits and is referred to by two different names throughout, and the title reflects that.
Answer 3
To spirit away means to mysteriously disappear.
The term apparently comes from older times. When a person's disappearance went unexplained, people would attribute it to being taken away to the spirit-world by spirits/gods/whatever.
In the movie, Chihiro is literally "spirited away" to the spirit world.
By the way, ??? "kamikakushi" does not mean "kidnapping", as stated in the top answer.
It is the combination of
- ? "kami" = "god(s)"
- The nominalized (noun) form of ?? "kakusu" = "to hide"
A good translation is "disappearance (due to unnatural/unknown causes)" or "(a person's) spiriting away"
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