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Spirited Away (Human Trafficking)



This classic by the renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli deals with dark realities of human slavery — particularly child sex trafficking — through the haunting symbolism of anime.

Although the film has grossed over $360 million worldwide, it was banned in China for almost two decades because some of the dark and disturbing themes woven into the symbolism of the film.

This original movie review was created by students at academic institutions affiliated with the Human Rights Network (HRN). All HRN content has been created for educational purposes within applicable fair use guidelines in order to spread respect for the universal human rights principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations 1948).

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    @thongquehanoi June 25, 2024

    Spirited Away but this is Oggy and the Cockroaches way to do

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    @koechiaki7773 June 25, 2024

    What about the scene where Chihiro willingly asked for a job? She decided to put herself through that she could have just ran home, called the cops and had the entire bath house shut down by the ghost police 😂😂😂.

    Either way tho

    Studio Ghibli good,
    Human trafficking bad.

    pats head

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    @organicwins91 June 25, 2024

    Sounds like a forced homework assignment – combining 2 subjects that dont go together but you are forced to find common things between them.

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    @aitaisakura4281 June 25, 2024

    Hey japanese mixed race here. Actually hot spring (onsen) cannot be together with different sex. But in the movie chihiro was serving the male youkai. Also the kaonashi bothered and stalked chihiro to serve him which kinda similar to hostess or semi prostitution…. Honestly it is weird if you go deep to it…

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    @peacockgirllayla June 25, 2024

    I saw this movie as a theme containing child labor, I saw this beforehand

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    @Pathos312 June 25, 2024

    yeah but no

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    @never_forget_the_skars3478 June 25, 2024

    shi's nat, never her sleiv, yu ar not anderstending dha wording, "+yu bilong tu mi naw"+ laik ai gat may budō zen, sou may disaipols bilong tu mi, ai am onin dhem may responsabiliry, may Saṅṃgha is may responsabiliry, sou ai ask, wat dhe fack ar yu duing widh dhat compareishon, laik dhat Yubaba has her own twin gemelian Yubabay, Black æ Wait correct magics dhey du, sou ai am worryd onin may culturs, moust ov oll in may Japan, sou, ai will teik wat's correct, wat's not, ai woun't forgiv, COSZČ AI CAN'T! AGEN!

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    @engiturtle65 June 25, 2024

    ah yes go after a fucking cartoon, god it's pathetic

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    @jonathanbirch2022 June 25, 2024

    I like the detail of how human pollution is affecting even the spirit world

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    @Vampkzilla June 25, 2024

    The narrator has a nice voice

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    @42ttd June 25, 2024

    I remember being so scared watching this movie when our teacher played it randomly one day in 3rd grade. Having just recently watched it, it’s an amazing movie with great characters, theme, and storytelling

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    @stopmotionman6756 June 25, 2024

    There's obviously a resolution at the end of the movie and she is freed. I'm sure Miyasakis heart was right when he made it.

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    @adamcheklat7387 June 25, 2024

    If that was the case, I wouldn’t hesitate to bring Yubaba to justice in front of OUR courts. First, I’d need to bring an army.

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    @MissyMona June 25, 2024

    Not only did Yubaba try to deny her the job, the only reason she accepted was because Yubaba had to accept anyone who truly wanted to work. I think it was one of those Yokai things,

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    @gacha_barette2026 June 25, 2024

    Chihiro wants to work to save her family she isn't forced lol
    AND THIS IS ANIME MAIN CHARECTERS DON'T DIEEE AAA
    And plus she needs to know how to work because one day she will have a family of her own

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    @brandons5426 June 25, 2024

    Mate….it’s a cartoon, settle down and get a life yeah?? Bit embarrassing how much you’ve went into this…ITS….A…CARTOOOOOOOOOON.

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    @obsessedwithkeys June 25, 2024

    it is not. The actual studio has said, it has nothing to do with trafficking or child labor or any kind of sexual thing. It was about playing pretend in abandoned places, and the adventures you can have playing outside with a child's imagination. It AIN'T that deep.

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    @iloveplayingpr June 25, 2024

    What the fuck is this video about, it's of poor quality.

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    @LunchableSandwich June 25, 2024

    Let's be fair here. Yes, child labor, human slavery, and sex trafficking are all horrible things that should be condemned. However, I don't think you should stretch the movie's meaning to be something it wasn't intended. Yes, this is an interesting video showing comparisons and building metaphors, but don't speak about it as if it's fact by the intention of the creators. You are responsible at that point for misrepresenting potential millions of people with an audience whom might not be wise to it's actual context. If those metaphors speak to people whom have suffered through similar circumstances, may they be at peace and comfort. But this piece of art by Hayao Miyazaki shouldn't be spun into a false narrative.

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    @Kuazzy June 25, 2024

    yeaaaaah idk about this take… it aint that deep lmao

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    @supadankiwi420 June 25, 2024

    She took her name because it keeps yubabas body tangible.

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    @chex4214 June 25, 2024

    Wow. Just, wow. You don't get many calls to go to parties or to dinner, do you? Wow…it's like if I ask you if you like steak and you start ranting about saturated fats, heart disease statistics, and veganism. Sounds like you people are fun to be around.

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    @user-dk9hl5ez9k June 25, 2024

    I always took it as a coming of age story, going through the trials of life that adulthood brings. To survive she needs a job and enters the bathhouse at the bottom, and needs to work her way up. She needs manners and obedience to get by, because she must prove herself. Also, her parents cannot help her, and indeed she has to save them. In this way, she is realising that she must grow beyond her parents and one day look after them.

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    @prisonisinourminds8070 June 25, 2024

    Always made me so sad that moment when parents are low key mad at her for running away, yet they are the ones who caused her getting in trouble and she tried so hard to fix their mistakes… ugh

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    @nadinearmy6139 June 25, 2024

    ولديها يعايفو

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    @lefterismagkoutas4430 June 25, 2024

    Seldomly have I seen a worse take for this movie. They most of the time give me a new perspective. This one fails to do even that.

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    @catastrophejohnson5925 June 25, 2024

    Im here because I actually have a nightmare about living in spirited away and girl its fucking different version of suffocation it feels like i am living in north korea in the whole dream then there’s a part there that i know i am sleeping and I really want to awake but i cant and i am dying there and feel melancholy but i cant scream. Then when I woke up my wrist is in pain because of my bad sleep position i see my veins in my hands and i cant move it thankgod I really get awake that night! because if I died that night then no one will know that i am stock in this spirited away / north korea world I’ve been!! Its so depressing and disguising hell to me, I don’t want to experience that thing at all… the woman character here is so brave I really love hayao miyazako for making movie with the great strong woman in the show 💞✨💞✨💞✨

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    @yobi512 June 25, 2024

    This is totally incorrect, she wasn’t forced to work, they even DENIED her working there, how could someone make a connection between Spirited Away and slavery (? 🐸

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    @ghostofmoredishesmorebitch1507 June 25, 2024

    This freaked me out as a kid and scarred me

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    @blockhead777 June 25, 2024

    Pretty sure the film was about maturity and character development, I don't think this was made with human trafficking and the horrors as the forefront. If you look at the beginning, she was immature and didn't want to accept change, and the end of the film, she embraces the change and her character growth reflects maturity and acceptance of reality. I think that's the theme, although it does reference the sex industry in Japan…but that doesn't correlate to human trafficking, I think it's a bit more cultural then what outsiders can see.

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    @fartlord5000 June 25, 2024

    The takes on this video's comment section are horrible and I feel like they're written by children who didn't understand the movie. Firstly, Chihiro means "thousand" and "inquire", or together "to inquire deeply" (onyomi writing is Senjin, which is where 'sen' comes from). Secondly, Chihiro MUST work to live in the spirit world. Haku at the beginning of the movie is the one who tells her to beg for a job no matter what. He is her guide, but also bound to yubaba as her henchman. How did people miss that? Also people missed the entire part about no-face and what he represents. He's creepy, he's introverted, and he does represent someone looking to form a relationship with chihiro by giving her whatever she wants. He's literally getting fed by greedy workers and asking for chihiro the whole time. What would no-face represent? Pretty odd to have this character when the main antagonist is yubaba and the movie could have gone on without the no face character.

    I'm sorry this video ruined your childhood movie but this theory is not at all farfetched. This video isn't well done and doesn't clarify a lot but I see how this movie can be interpreted that way. With all the deep symbolism in this movie, why do people seem so hell bent on interpreting it as a fairy tale with no real meaning or some shallow nonsense like "follow your heart and be who you really are even when people tell you you're not"?

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    @paulbraunstein2290 June 25, 2024

    It’s a huge issue in third world countries but try telling them that. Very sadly, they will NOT listen. They will laugh you right out of their office. Many of them are also male dominated societies.

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    @nicolekei4004 June 25, 2024

    I DISAGREE WITH THIS

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    @MimiTheHamster June 25, 2024

    This movie is fucking creepy and trippy

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