If there is one movie suitable for all ages, it must be the first to promote Master Miyazaki's classic - "Spirited Away"!
Originally, Master Miyazaki wanted to target only teenage children, so the protagonist was set as a story of a ten-year-old girl who strayed into the fantasy world to save her parents.
But what is finally presented is no longer a simple "children's film", and every age group and everyone will have different feelings after watching the movie.
It is precisely because of this that this classic production by Master Miyazaki will continue to maintain a very high reputation after twenty years, attracting everyone to watch.
Today we will focus on analyzing some hidden plot information for everyone to discuss together.
1: The meaning of the name
Let's start with the name of the movie, each country has changed the name of the movie when translating, and our country uses "Spirited Away", which leads many people to discuss a point: Is Spirited Away a person?
This point we analyze from the most original name of the movie, the original name of the movie is "千と千弘の神隠し", which has a very important word: Shen Yin!
"Jinnai" is a Japanese myth and legend that refers to people who are hidden by gods or ghosts, and also refers to those who evaporate from the human world.
Combined with the content of the film, Chihiro is the one who was hidden! And "Thousand" is a person born in a fantasy world!
Chihiro has always been very timid before stepping into the fantasy world, her parents want to go on an adventure, Chihiro is afraid to block, in the entrance passage, has been tightly grasping her mother's arm.
Even when the first night was approached, the panic caused by various changes indicated that Chihiro was a timid little girl at this time.
But when she was snatched by Tang Po po and only "Qian" was left, she immediately changed into a different look, quickly adapted to this magical world, and became brave.
Face the "faceless man", greet the "rotten god" alone, help Xiao Bai get out of trouble, and go to Qian's mother-in-law's house alone to apologize.
These changes for a little girl who is only ten years old, the change is a little fast, almost a leap forward, so the little girl who becomes brave in the magical world is actually another "Chihiro", which can be said to be another self in her subconscious, as to whether she can eventually return to the real world and appear again, it is difficult to say.
Therefore, although "Xiao Qian" and "Chihiro" share one body, they are two people!
Taking away Chihiro's "seeking" word is the most important central idea of the whole movie, which is not only a way to save her parents, but also a way to find herself!
2: Xiao Bai's real situation and ending
Xiao Bai's status in the Yuya world is very high, almost one person below, above ten thousand people, because he is nominally the apprentice of Tang Baobao, the ruler of the "Yuya".
But the real situation is that although she controls the power, she is only a tool for Tang Po to do bad things!
Grandpa Boiler introduced Xiao Bai also like Chihiro, who mistakenly entered the "Yuya World" and became a disciple of Grandma Tang in order to learn magic.
But in the whole play, Xiao Bai actually did not show any substantive magic, and the only strong thing was to transform into a white dragon.
Before I thought that Xiao Bai's transformation into a white dragon was a spell to learn, until Chihiro remembered Xiao Bai's real name, it suddenly dawned on her that the white dragon was Xiao Bai's true identity!
Xiao Bai's name is Amber River, and he was once a river god, but in the end, Amber River was filled in by humans and built high-rise buildings, so Xiao Bai lost his home.
Combined with the "Rotten God" saved by Chihiro, its true identity is also a river god, and when it leaves, it transforms into the form of a divine dragon.
It can be seen that in Japanese mythology, the form of the river god is the appearance of a dragon, and so is Xiaobai.
And After Mother Tang used Xiao Bai to steal Grandma Qian's seal, her indifferent attitude towards Xiao Bai, and whether he was dead or alive, showed that Mother Tang did not take Xiao Bai as a disciple at all, but only used him as a pawn!
The reason is very simple, Xiao Bai can't leave the "Soup House World", or in other words, Xiao Bai is actually "dead"!
Like the "God of Decay", it has always been filled with garbage in its body, and has been enduring pain, even if the spell is strong, it cannot be removed.
It wasn't until Chihiro discovered the mystery and united the power of everyone to open the gap in the garbage from the outside world that the "God of Decay" was rescued and transformed back into the river god.
This implies that every river god is actually the embodiment of the river, and the garbage thrown into the river by human beings, the damage and pollution caused, are actually stored in the body of the river god, and they cannot be eliminated.
Looking at Xiao Bai in turn, the Amber River has been filled in and covered with high-rise buildings, which implies that Xiao Bai has long died with the disappearance of the "Amber River"! The only place where he can survive is this magical "Yuya World"!
It is precisely because Grandma Tang knows this that she will pinch Xiao Bai to death, and will unscrupulously use him as a tool person!
In the film, Xiao Bai has been telling Chihiro not to forget his name, because if he forgets his name, he will not be able to find his way home and cannot return to the real world.
He said that he just couldn't remember his real name, so he couldn't go home, but he always remembered Chihiro's name, which was strange.
His relationship with Chihiro was only when Chihiro was very young, because he fell into the river and was rescued by XiaoBai and sent to the shore, that's all, but Xiaobai always remembered her name.
It is likely that Xiao Bai remembers everything, but is unwilling to show it, one is to hide his secrets, the other is to deceive Tang Mother-in-law, or to deceive himself, so that he can continue to stay in the "Soup House World".
Xiao Bai's ending was already obvious, after Chihiro remembered Xiao Bai's real name, Xiao Bai was full of shock, and then the layers of scales faded, transforming into a human form, and then never changed back to the form of a dragon.
What Xiao Bai said to Chihiro was to thank her for remembering her name and letting herself find her way home. But the real situation is that Xiao Bai officially died because Chihiro remembered his name, and his "Amber River" identity was officially dead!
Just like when he finally sent Chihiro out, he said that he would also leave here and go home, these were actually all deceitful to Chihiro.
First, Amber River has disappeared, and he has long since lost his home.
Second, in order to make Grandma Tang promise to send Chihiro back to the real world with her parents, he promised Grandma Tang's request that she unload him in eight pieces!
According to Mother Tang's previous words, "Xiao Bai is no longer useful", combined with Xiao Bai's help to Chihiro break the rules of the "Soup House", Tang Mother-in-law is likely to kill Xiao Bai in the end!
Therefore, whether Xiao Bai dies or lives, he is already trapped in the "Yuya World" forever!
3: The true identity of Grandma Qian
Grandma Qian appears very rarely in the whole movie, but it can never be ignored!
In the whole "Yuya World", Grandma Tang seems to be the real ruler and rules the entire "Yuya".
But what really maintains the stability of the "Yuya World" is actually Grandma Qian!
Grandma Tang has always wanted to steal a seal from Grandma Qian, and even took Xiao Bai's life, which shows the importance of this seal.
And this seal is the witch contract seal, that is, the seal that can control the money and the soup of the two witch mother-in-law, which shows that the controller of the "soup house" world is actually a low-key money mother-in-law!
The most important point is the "life preserver" head rope given to Chihiro by Grandma Qian!
Grandma Qian said that this was a life preserver, but judging from the situation at that time, Chihiro was about to leave the "Yuya World", and with Xiao Bai's protection, almost no one could hurt her. If Chihiro returns to the real world, it is uncertain whether the magic here will work or not, and it is almost impossible to save his life!
When Chihiro left the "Yuya World", Xiao Bai told her not to look back, some people said that as long as she turned back, she could not go back to the real world, and some people said that once she turned back, she would forget everything. But it is not, Xiao Bai said not to look back, in fact, he was afraid that Chihiro would see him disappear.
Earlier we analyzed Xiao Bai's ending, combined with the last Xiao Bai let go of Chihiro, but refused to put down the hand to see, this time they are never goodbye!
After Chihiro walked for a while, she suddenly froze and almost turned back, but at this time her head rope suddenly lit up, and Chihiro continued to walk forward.
Chihiro, after entering the passage, once again grabbed her mother's arm as she came, and once again changed back into the timid Chihiro.
Even after walking out, Chihiro looked back at the passage and tried to remember something, when the head rope lit up again, and then decisively turned to leave.
Chihiro's amnesia should have happened when the head rope first lit up, and it was the money mother-in-law who gave her the head rope.
Grandma Qian's purpose is only one, to hide the "Yuya World" and protect the safety of this world, so Qian's mother-in-law is the actual controller of the "Yuya World"!
4: Diversity of endings
There are many kinds of endings brought about by The head rope of Grandma Qian, which is where Miyazaki is clever, leaving suspense to the audience.
The things in the "Yuya World" were brought to the real world, and whether Chihiro will remember the "Yuya" again in the future, and whether he will step into the "Yuya" again, these have become unknown.
And whether this head rope is used to seal Chihiro's memory, or to remind her in the future, is also unknown. However, as far as the present is concerned, the role of the seal is still greater.
After Chihiro walks out with her parents, there are many endings in the face of the real world.
When I first saw the gatehouse of the "Soup House", although it was dilapidated, it was relatively clean, and when they came out, it was overgrown with weeds, and even the car was full of leaves, obviously a long time had passed!
Just like the mythical "one day in heaven, one year in the earth", if this is the case, then when Chihiro and her parents return to the real world, it will inevitably cause a sensation, because the whole time is confused, then they will face a very big trouble and pressure!
5: Reasons to become a classic
"Spirited Away" can become a classic because the ideas instilled in it at the beginning are very positive!
In many myths and legends, the gods and immortals have supreme mana, and they are almost at ease and enjoy life.
But in this movie, the immortals also need to work, Xiao Bai's sentence "If you don't work, you will be turned into an animal by Tang Mother-in-law", which gives the child a good indoctrination, and also gives adults some vigilance, don't eat and be lazy, if people want to live, they have to work hard, even if they are immortals!
The bouquet and card given to her by Chihiro's classmates at the beginning represent Chihiro's first harvest of emotion, and this touch in the later "soup house" smoothly helped her remember her name and did not lose herself.
This is to tell the audience that sometimes a small kindness may save others, and to warn everyone not to be stingy in passing on love.
When everyone is complimenting the faceless man because of the gold, Chihiro rejects the gold handed by the faceless man, not the wealth earned through his own labor, and he is not greedy.
Combined with the bravery and strength shown by Chihiro throughout the movie, chihiro is helping children establish the correct three views, and this positive energy is the root of becoming a classic!
Good works can always make people tired of watching, every time you watch it can feel the difference, I really hope that our domestic film and television can also make this kind of work, pass on positive energy, this is what the film and television industry should do, and no longer just blind circle money!
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