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With his excellent production, beautiful scenes and vivid characters, Spirited Away often makes people ignore the core of the story.

Most people's impression of this world-famous film is fragmented. They usually remember faceless people, White Dragon, Grandpa Boiler, Grandma Tang and so on. However, they don't know what the story of this animation is. In my opinion, Spirited Away is not only a youth elegy about growth and pain, but also a national fable about history and memory.

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After World War II, Japan's economy developed rapidly and jumped into the ranks of developed countries. By the 1980s, Japan had become the second largest economic power in the world after the United States. In the late 1980s, Japan's domestic asset prices soared, and the economic bubble appeared and expanded rapidly. It burst in the early 1990s, which brought an almost devastating blow to the Japanese economy. Since then, Japan's economy has never recovered, and the whole 1990s has been called the "lost decade".

Miyazaki Hayao, the screenwriter and director of this film, is respected all over the world, not only because he is an excellent animation master, but also because of his sense of social responsibility expressed through his works.

In an era without borders, people who have no place to stand are the most despised. The foothold is the past and history. In my opinion, without history, people who forget the past can only disappear like ephemera, or be buried in eggs like chickens until they are eaten-Miyazaki Hayao.

As far as Miyazaki Hayao is concerned, in my opinion, he is like Lu Xun in China. He is a pessimist at heart, but he can't give up sympathy for the country and the nation. Just as Lu Xun laid a wreath at Yu 'er's grave in Medicine, Miyazaki Hayao once said in an interview: Creating animation is to create a virtual world and soothe those souls who have lost courage and fought against the cruel reality.

Miyazaki Hayao wrote Spirited Away under the background of Japanese society, and its social implication is self-evident.

Spirited Away 200 1 premiered in Japan. Spirited Away in the movie is set to be ten years old. Therefore, Spirited Away should have been born in 199 1 year.

At the beginning of the movie, Chihiro's family moved to the countryside. After passing a three-way intersection, the car turns right. At this time, the camera moves up to reveal the road sign. Chihiro and Chihiro are heading for "2 1 national road", which indicates that the film background has entered 2 1 century. Spirited Away's father chose to take a shortcut and gallop all the way, which was a portrayal of Japan at that time.

Spirited Away's father also clearly pointed out the "bubble age". Passing through a pile of small houses, Spirited Away's mother explained, "This is the stone temple, the home of the gods." These stone temples are covered with moss and obviously have been abandoned for a long time. This also means that Japan has lost confidence for a long time.

In order to cut corners, the Chihiro family walked into a dark tunnel. At the end of the tunnel is an illusory world, and the story officially begins.

Facing a pile of delicious food, Chihiro's parents sat down to eat. At the same time, they said, "as long as someone pays, credit cards and cash are required." . This reflects the phenomenon that Japanese society generally faced temptation and overspending at that time. This phenomenon is also the root of Japan's predicament.

In order to reverse the trade deficit with Japan, the United States strongly urged Japan to sign the Plaza Agreement, and then Japan entered the bubble era. After a large amount of funds entered the real estate and stock markets, tens of millions of Japanese became rich overnight. When money comes too easily, life becomes extravagant. At that time, gold was very popular in Japan. There are all kinds of high-end restaurants here, filled with gold foil udon noodles and gold foil sushi rolls. The world is full of Japanese people snapping up overseas luxury goods and real estate. On the streets of Tokyo, no one wants to walk to the ballroom and Lamian Noodles store, which are 500 meters apart. They are all waiting for a taxi at the crossroads. Golf quickly became popular, and Bugatti Veyron swarmed in the street. Some enterprises recruit graduates before graduation, and even today, when they are paid half a year in advance, many middle-aged and elderly people still think of the "bubble era" and still feel good.

Because of greed, Chihiro's parents became pigs and were slaughtered.

What is the difference between such a scene and modern people? Modern people can't help but tempt them to spend in advance, which eventually leads to tragedy?

Chihiro's parents were representatives of the middle-aged generation in Japan at that time.

Because the "shortcut" countries are in trouble, and these middle-aged people have also suffered the consequences and become slaves of capital.

Chihiro represents the younger generation in Japan.

Chihiro's growth is a lonely adventure.

Chihiro in the film doesn't want to take shortcuts from his parents, and he doesn't want to become a pig because he doesn't eat much. However, Chihiro, who is 10 years old, can't change the status quo and can only fall asleep by the road chosen by her parents.

The sudden change of life did not crush Chihiro. Chihiro has always maintained kindness, diligence and sincerity. On the surface, Spirited Away is timid and helpless. After being introduced by Bailong and told the rules, she walked out step by step. Her potential was aroused in the crisis. She works hard, is not afraid of danger, dares to take responsibility and apologize for others. So, she helped the swallowed shop assistant Xiao Shenyang, a disgraced man and a fat child. Finally, she saved Bailong, herself and her parents.

Miyazaki Hayao always tells you the truth of the world subtly, but at the same time, he also asks you not to forget the beauty of the world.

At the end of the movie Spirited Away, Chihiro clutched his mother's arm tightly and walked out of the dark tunnel. When Spirited Away first walked into the tunnel, people vaguely felt that what they had experienced was just a dream. But the flash in Spirited Away's hair reminds you that this is an irrefutable fact. This may be what "growth" looks like-it always comes so slowly and so weakly that you don't even notice it coming, but there is always a moment when you feel so real that you know it exists.

Chihiro's process of saving himself and his parents is also Miyazaki Hayao's message to the younger generation: Merit and fame!

The importance of this work is self-evident. With a job, grandma Tang Can won't turn her into a pig. Chihiro has capital born in this world. Mr. Gong's work here should mean that the only way out for Japan is to develop industry.

This name stands for faith. The film has repeatedly stressed that Chihiro should not forget his name, because if he forgets his name, he can't go back. In the soup house, only Chihiro can resist the temptation of desire, because she has not forgotten her name. Grandma Tang used to take people's names to make them forget their own nature. The name here should remind young people not to lose themselves. The abandoned shrine in front also shows Gong Lao's criticism of dishonesty.

White dragon represents Japan.

Bailong lost his name and self because he learned magic from Grandma Tang. He knew the rules of life in this society and finally became grandma Tang's.

The original name of Bailong is "King of Rao Shui Amber". Spirited Away said that after hearing the name of the white dragon, he said, "What a wonderful name, just like a god." .

What kind of god is Lazuri? It is said that "Rao Ri" came to the world before Sun Yat-sen arrived in Japan and ruled the Yamato region. Later, during SHEN WOO's crusade, he was seized power and surrendered. From then on, it became a subordinate of Japanese SHEN WOO. However, some Japanese regard "Rao" as the god of ancestors and the origin of Japanese collective spiritual consciousness.

At that time, Japan relied on the United States because it learned the way of development (magic) from the United States (Mrs. Tang) and gradually became a pawn of the United States.

Later, with the help of Qian Xun, he found his name. Miyagi's hope for Japan is also pinned here: only by finding itself and regaining sovereignty can we get out of the bubble and become the original white dragon.

A faceless person represents a faceless person and symbolizes loneliness and emptiness.

Before Chihiro appeared, this faceless man was never taken seriously by others, just like his own characteristics-he was invisible and everyone ignored him. He always walks alone with a smiling mask. He doesn't even have a name.

Kaonashi people represent the empty and lonely people in a materialistic society. They are not valued and can't find their own value. They can easily become extreme, but they can also be easily satisfied. They crave love and attention. As long as the world is gentle with them and they work hard, everything will be fine.

Just like the end of the story, the faceless man happily stayed at Qian's mother's house. He stopped following Chihiro. Because he found the value of existence.

The way to overcome emptiness and loneliness is not to find yourself.

Ms. Tang represents the United States

The characters in the film are all typical Japanese images, while Grandma Tang is a western image with a hooked nose. Seeing don patrolling like a big bird, I suddenly realized.

Isn't this photo a vulture?

Mrs. Tang lives in a luxurious big room full of gold, silver and jewels. She squeezed the fruits of everyone's labor in the soup room. She also took their names and deprived them of their personal freedom. Managers in Tang Wu attach great importance to cost control, save the use of expensive medicinal baths, and only want to fill them with labor. These are the inspirations of capital bloodthirsty, surplus value exploitation and kidnapping law.

In order to pursue higher profits, capital will move mountains and fill the sea at all costs, build large-scale projects, pollute water sources and destroy the environment. The most ironic thing is the artificial river at the entrance of Shen Yin World. When people build a so-called artificial paradise, they fill or pollute natural rivers ("rotten" river gods) and dig rivers to pretend to be natural. Chihiro bathes the river god, which is a criticism of environmental pollution.

In a capitalist society, people try their best to pursue money. Before the stranger took out the gold, only Xiao Gan greeted him. After taking out the gold, the whole room began to kiss. Ordinary people who are squeezed by capital like Ling can only go with the flow and earn a meager income. Leaving the soup house is just a distant dream.

Grandma Qian represents money.

Mrs Tang and Mrs Qian are twins. They are one and two aspects. Qian Furen stands for money and Mrs. Tang stands for capital.

Money and capital are integrated, but there are good and evil. It is said that "money is the root of all evil". In this movie, we thought it was the villain Qian Mama. She is not a bad witch. On the contrary, she lives a simple life and does simple work in a remote hut. Then she kindly told the children that only what she did with her own hands was the best. Because money is a tool to replace the circulation of labor value. True evil is the twin capital of money.

Miyazaki Hayao borrowed money from her mother-in-law to give advice to young people:

Things made by magic can't be used Only what you work hard to make is useful. ""We should do something really useful. "

"You must cherish your name."

These two points are the essence of the whole movie. Being realistic and innovative is the future of the country. The bubble is just a dream. Japan also hopes to burst the bubble and return to the normal direction.

At the end of the movie, Spirited Away took a disgraced man across the sea by tram to apologize. Apologizing across the sea is like a magic key, which solves the dilemma of each character. He promised that he would leave the oil mill and stop being grandma Tang's pawn. The unknown man lives in Qian's house and finds his own place; Spirited Away's parents also changed from pigs to people.

Miyazaki Hayao set "Apologize from a Distance" as the climax of the film. This is really the best. It reflects that Japan should reflect on its evil deeds and apologize.

Miyazaki Hayao refused to attend the Oscar ceremony. He is unwilling to go to a bombed country. For this film, Miyazaki Hayao just said airily:

"The moment Chihiro got on the bus was my happiest moment."