Probably the most nostalgic song of all nostalgic songs in my life. I first watched this movie, and was unusually moved by this song (along with other tracks in the movie), I was an 8 year old girl going through a lot of emotional trauma at the time and having attachment issues. I wanted to cling to my dad and never let go, and since this entire movie (particularly this scene) gave that feeling of searching for that someone you love so much and never want to let go, it gave me an even more emotional sore. I couldn't stop crying. I couldn't..
I missed my dad even though he was right there. And when he left me home alone that night, I knew I'd see him again the next weekend, but the song kept reminding me of the entire week that I'd spend without him. I cried so much that night over nothing. And I would cry for many years because of that. I swear, it was almost like my heart knew that these moments with him wouldn't last forever. That nostalgic memory of his back walking further away from me into the darkness that night was so vivid that I never forgot it, not even the tears that welled in my eyes as I watched him disappear. It feels like an endless gif that loops on to this day. Ironic, considering everything else is a blur. It's almost like my life just jumped from watching my dad leave to never seeing him again in the same way. Growing up, the pain in my heart grew worse when he met another woman, had kids with her, then divorced her, leaving 2 more kids who felt the same way, only a little better because they had each other unlike me, the single, older kid.
Now I never see him. I'm at my peak in life, and I rarely see him.. the worst part is that it feels like I'm missing out on the remaining years of his life, years that he's giving to his new family, and when he's truly gone from this world, what will I have left to feel? It's so painful to imagine so I try not to think about it. But.. a piece of music like this always triggers this box of emotions. I have a dad, I had a dad. He was there for me and my mom at some point in my life. Then he flew away, coinciding with the end of my childhood innocence, and unraveling a series of terrible life experiences that would never have occurred if mom and dad had stayed together. And I was never truly that happy again.
Separation between parents is tough. Don't ever do that to your kids
All comments from YouTube:
@Will-gu4cc
"Don't you remember your name?"
"No, but for some reason I remember yours."
@pinkdrinkdeleted8144
Iconic moment in spirited away
@davidvazquezfernandez4359
Yeah
@toastee5421
How does that work anyway?
@kevanpirayandeh7293
@@toastee5421 Because Yubaba cast a spell that caused her to forget her name, but she remembers the Kohaku river from childhood because she lost her shoe in that river and the memory stuck with her.
@walterwhite4699
Toastee did you watch the movie?
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@tophatdoctor7855
It’s really hard to explain why this scene of basically nothing happening is one of the best scenes in any movie ever.
@foolofatook1271
Because of the guy playing piano
@mhiyamusic5769
@@foolofatook1271 thay guy is Joe Hisaishi
@donkeyparadise9276
@@foolofatook1271 haha ikr
@LazyOldFusspot_3428
One good example of this is basically just the entirety of the Fellowship walking throughout the first Lord of the Rings movie...
@stormcutter59
The little girl standing alone at the first stop still haunts me.
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@curesaul5749
No drama. No violence. No humor. No dialogue. Nothing at all is happening in this scene. Yet it is still so beautiful and leaves such an impact. Spirited Away is not a movie you will watch and say “yeah that was good”. It is an experience you will never forget because of the feelings of fulfillment it grants a human observer.
@Piano1403
It was the thirst anime i watched as a kid, you are right… its more than just a experience ❤
@AdrianCast1
Best comment lml
@arturocastroverde3349
The greatest animated movie imo
@Acacius1992
Nah, not realy. Never felt anything watching it.
@chambatips3619
Nothing at all? Theres a girl traveling in a train
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@calgary2800
Everyone in this world deserves to see this movie.
@devilglory
everyone?
even the bad people?
@porcorosso.
@@devilglory Japanese religion is Shinto and you can see it in Totoro, Mononoke, Sprited away,,,,,, Shinto is a religion accept everything any gods and thanks to everything and no strict rules. Shinto is really the reason why japanese ppl are so polite. If bad ppl watch this movie or any ghibli movie, they might can be a good person and try to work harder
@chrishong2791
@@devilglory Everybody always recognize great art, but it also gives them a chance to maybe reform themselves too
@lulutea3925
@@devilglory ye
@frog6054
I love this movie and princess mononoke
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@kareemismail3744
I think the train scene is an allegory to growing up and the loss of childhood, which is why the bittersweet melancholy of this music fits it so well. Chihiro finds herself all of a sudden with many responsibilities from family and friendship and she takes them on gladly, but you can’t help but feel it is the beginning of the end for the child inside Chihiro. She is surrounded by shadows of adults, each with their own silent story to tell as if a reminder of what is being lost in the quest to provide for and protect those you love. The scene bears resemblance to another train scene early from anther Ghibli masterpiece, Hotaru no Haka or Grave of the Fireflies
@khoai_ryan
This is what i read on IMDB: - Despite having a rich plot with developed characters, Spirited Away (2001) was not made with a script. In fact, Miyazaki's films never had scripts. "I don't have the story finished and ready when we start work on a film," the filmmaker told Midnight Eye. "I usually don't have the time. So the story develops when I start drawing storyboards. The production starts very soon thereafter, while the storyboards are still developing." Miyazaki does not know where the plot is going, and he lets it happen organically. "It's not me who makes the film. The film makes itself and I have no choice but to follow"
@galen8579
It is said that this scene was inspired by the Japanese artist Kenji Miyazawa's "The Night of the Milky Way Train".
@shikamarun.6719
Every thing you said was so true and it helped me understand the meaning of this movie better, but if you pay more attention at the ending you will see that Chihiro is holding her mothers hand in the same way she did at the beginning, whith fear and agony, like a child seeking protection from her parents. Which kinda means that after all, the child within her still existes. So probably the story wants to tell us that even if we have to face some difficultis in our lifes even if we get stronger the weak the childish side inside of us never fades away ( Im sorry for my mistakes, but im not really good at english)
@bapbirb
@@khoai_ryan sounds exactly like what a mad genius would say lol.. hes a genius
@beatrizdellatorre6359
grave of the fireflies is the saddest movie of all times
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@starrybaby8444
the train scene was my favorite scene from the whole movie tbh
@christophermunoz3103
is my favorite scene too v.v
@romy8792
that scene is perfection!! <3 gives me so much feels somehow
@Thebluedud
The whole sequence of her leaving the bath house and arriving at Zeniba's was pretty amazing.
@minayoooo
i guess you need to visit Lake Tahoe. http://rebrn.com/re/my-favorite-shot-that-ive-ever-taken-lake-tahoe-california-2568521/
@dantheman4838
The movie still makes no sense to me despite my daughter forcing me to watch it with her countless times but the train journey is definitely my favourite part. Beautiful sound and imagery. I also like the part when she wakes up early after the first night and walks through the empty bathhouse....Not sure why...lol.
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@TheFiresloth
In my opinion, one of the best scene of cinema history.
@NoMereMage
***** I couldn't agree with you more. Seriously.
@katherincastillo3414
1000000% agree!
@suncoastleif
***** My favorite scene, period.
@SundHerpaderp
***** without a friggin' doubt.
@SG-yx5en
***** Aye. That sequence was a masterpiece on every level.
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@sn0rk95
I watched this movie with my father shortly before he died of cancer. He then said that he felt this feeling of a distant world, freedom, when we watched this scene. Farewell dad and forgive me. I have often been unfair to you.
@alsenar2
Life is like using a train. Sometimes you wait, sometimes you miss it and sometimes you reach your destination, sometimes you don't. The only thing that is certain is that time will be passing by.
@arandomperson1621
alsenar2 it’s a one way trip to the spirit world
@Garage-1881
That's beautiful
@NancyStar345
Its so weird reading the comments and seeing so many people being affected in the same way by this piece, and I can relate to them all - feeling happy and sad at the same time, feeling nostalgic, feeling like I want to go home and simultaneously feeling lost? I'm studying Music Psychology at uni for a reason and I'm determined to figure out how one scene from a movie and a piece of music can make me feel so much all at once
@E5000E
what a fascinating study! i hope you will get your answer!
@hawkiepants9
When u get the answer tell us! Lol
@francesconegri95
Nancy Eves your comment is so interesting, as a jazz pianist I have to say that there are some voicings with a lot of fourths in them, these chords give me a sense of static movement, there's also a chord that has inside an interval that's an "avoid" one because it sounds really dissonant... This piece of music is magic...sorry for my poor english
@neplusun5520
did you found that reason?..
@lolk7726
Don't forget the sort of tranquility to it!
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@sarahhinks9125
Watching that little girl waiting there alone at the train station made me well up the first time I watched Spirited Away, and even now I can only think about her when I hear that part of the song. The way she watches the train even as it pulls away, the way she's totally alone at the station despite being the youngest person there, the way she doesn't walk off when she sees whoever she was waiting for wasn't on the train... It's as though she's done this so many times before that she knows what to expect, but even so she doesn't give up hope and continues to wait for them. It's such a lonely portrayal of the spirit world- we think of it as a place to reunite with family, but what if you get there before any of your loved ones? Do you keep waiting, for possibly decades, as they live on without you? Do you even have anywhere to go if you choose to leave? ...Its moments like these that make me glad Spirited Away didn't have some cashgrab sequel that tried to answer questions better left alone.
@mii4306
to me that girl is young chihiro because this scene signifies chihiro growing up and having more responsibility. that’s my take :)
@HelloSasha707
Some things really are better left unsaid
@rubenoemeloem3948
You need to watch "what dreams may come" if you havent yet
@kamronramelmeier9264
This comment is so well written, I love the ideas and depth of analysis you put into the girl and now I get that same feeling when I see the part where she’s standing there on the platform :)
@xLoveesAnimeex
your comment made me tear up
@astrumfaerie
There's something about the train scene that gives me this eerie feeling. The animation seems very empty, raw, and lonely. It's almost as if I was there at some point in my life, but I don't remember it. The stillness and paused-like feeling of this scene sends chills down my spine. The contrast of dark tones and lighter tones, and the pauses in this song fit this feeling to a tee. Miyazaki & Hisaishi are truly poets. Their artwork perfectly describes emotion in ways I cannot comprehend; sometimes emotions that I never knew I had in me. And because of the fact that the artwork displays the reader's emotions, it acts as a guide through life. That's what I always thought of Studio Ghibli as. I thought of them as a guide through every emotion you experience in life. Thank you Studio Ghibli. Thank you.
@amunkhufu
I read your comment maybe 5 times. While the works of Miyazaki and Hisaishi uncover hidden emotions, your words led me to understand how human beings are connected. Your words are exactly what I always feel when I see or listen to any works from those great people.
@horsemcgee6180
This scene resonated with me because it felt as if Chihiro had truly changed as a character. From a scared little girl whisked away from her parents to a resolved young woman determined to do what she needs to help them any way she can.
I get chills just thinking about her train ride.
@rattlesthecrewmate
Catherine Mercury beautifully said!
@theexchipmunk
This scene has something otherworldly to it, while at the same time being somewhat one of the most grounded parts of the movie. It gives you the felling that there is so much more to this world than the bath house, and makes you really want to see more of it.
@LeJa-ks1vc
I couldn't quite put my finger on it either, but listening again after a while now, I think Chihiro was able to make decisions for herself, that's why it felt lonely but somehow at the same time not really lonely, more like strong. I always thought she was so brave, allowing No-Face to accompany her. Having to look after herself in the bathhouse, on her own, she built up self-confidence, now being able to see exactly where she wants to go.
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@ronweasley430
someday, I'm getting on that train.
@alexanderjohnson2304
Platform 9 and three quarters?! Think you're funny do ya?
@gamerxakaahmedrandiradhaan7191
Hey Weasley bro I think that is somehow connected to Hogwarts or Azkaban we will find out someday
@LilHaseProductions
@@alexanderjohnson2304 LOL
@LilHaseProductions
@@alexanderjohnson2304 Fink your funny do ya?!
@xlokoh8219
You mean THE POLAR EXPRESS?
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@youtume58
During an interview at the 2002 Toronto film festival, Miyazaki elaborated on the times when characters in films just sit for a moment, or sigh, or gaze at a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are.
"We have a word for that in Japanese," he said. "It's called 'ma.' Emptiness. It's there intentionally." He clapped his hands three or four times. "The time in between my clapping is 'ma.' If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness. The people who make the movies are scared of silence" he said, "so they want to paper and plaster it over. They're worried that the audience will get bored. But just because it's 80 percent intense all the time doesn't mean the kids are going to bless you with their concentration. What really matters is the underlying emotions--that you never let go of those.
@kalyanamitra2048
It seems some folks were interested in the psychological impact of this piece, so as someone who has studied the Social Psychology of Music I thought I'd briefly contribute. By this point of the film Hisaishi has already established some leitmotifs (look this term up, it's useful) - for instance in the introduction you can hear tonal references to 'One Summer's Day' and later other motifs (established later in the bathhouse), but now they sound more abstract, more disjointed. Most of the composition is in the minor key, which gives it a poignant potency - perhaps suggesting loss or grief. You'll also notice that there isn't one consistent melody, the music wanders and meanders (much like water), as if lost or searching for a way home - this also connects well with the theme of travelling and Chihiro's own journey (her hero's journey). The music occupies the same surreal, liminal space (the dreamscapes and landscapes) between the spirit world and the human world, as a result this score seems simultaneously strange whilst being intimately familiar.
@redwolfe7049
Beautifully said
@Akuninjia
thank you, this is incredibly interesting
@Fruitsniffer
Beautiful analysis - thank you so much!
@snia8122
The sight of this isolated house at 2:20 in combination with this music gives me such a strange feeling. Since the time when I was a little girl untill today when I'm 17. This moment when I see this house has always been magical. At the same time I wonder who would live in such a place and want to stay there on my own. This house seems so real and close to me and I'm really touched by it.
@emmamatocha9910
I literally get the EXACT feeling. Ever since I first saw this when I was young, it's felt so strange and intriguing :0
@yassii7038
you're right ;n;
@snia8122
+Breezy Omg, nostalgia for something that didn't happened describes this feeling perfectly!
@zzxp1
i have so much fucking chills right now, that are my exact sensations when i watch or remember that scene, it feels like a dream, so strange and lost, but yet so familiar, like you have been there before but cant remember anymore. my favorite part of the movie by far, if someone ever ask me what is art i would show them the train scene of this movie.
@fontenelle6262
I feel the same with the little girl who waits for someone at train station but the train goes by without stopping. It makes me feel something I can't describe in words. So many feels ugh
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@songOmatic
I remember the girl at the station. Dark, to dark to see her features. Was she living? Was she dead? Was she past? Was she yet to come? The fact that I'll never know is soul-crushing and uplifting at the same time.
@reviewsomatic
This piece is a combination of melancholy, nostalgia, joy, sadness, emptiness and passion all at once. The feeling when one listens to this masterpiece can be quite overwhelming!
@heba5078
joseph callow couldn't put it in a better way ❤️
@lolk7726
agree 100%
@Ynthawn
That’s exactly what I feel, too!
@moiz9722
This is why i love Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. I swear every single movie has such deep meaning, incredible artwork, character development, plot and music. Their movies takes you to another world. Spirited Away has such deep impact on my life and it'll forever be my favorite anime movie.
@lluv3r
Sad, that they are filming their last movie :'(
@Moucmol
which is the last movie ?
@jokubaskristapavicius4586
+Vanessa Nguyen making*
@lluv3r
+Jokubas Kristapavicius Thank you c:
@jokubaskristapavicius4586
+Vanessa Nguyen sorry I'm grammar nazi :D
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@dudetheman06
This train scene makes me feel free and lonely from the world I live in And not many movies have the ability to do what this one scene does effortlessly, take me into their world and forget about the present world, all the sorrow, chaos, happiness, stress... It's like now I can finally die peacefully If "I can finally die peacefully" had a face it would be this scene. Idk, there's something magical about this scene, there's nothing but still manages to be one of the best if not the best scene in the cinema history
@asadabbasbeyli9914
I think 6th station is an interpretation of 6th chakra which stands for self realisation and consciousness..after all dirty work and greedy ppl she never changes and gets mature..train is her journey where she became calm and understands everything.
@ChokolateMuffinMuhah
Ever since I was a kid, I had this weird feeling while watching this movie. I didn't know what kind of feeling it was then, but now I know, while I watch this movie or hear some of the soundtracks from it, it's a mixed feeling of nostalgia and melancholia. There's a bit of eeriness in this movie, but I quite enjoy it.
@strangenessandcharms
I felt the same way.
@blanco7726
It feels like a dream
@josueocampojr9604
Yea me too
@nachoblanco9887
Yo tambien.
@rafaelescobar7931
I heard some people cast spells or incantations in their work to make it successful.
But I really hope Studio Ghibli is just real good at storytelling
I hate that I love this and I want to hug this song so bad.
People say that their favorite part of this scene is the house on the island, but mine is when all those people appear on that one train station, the one little girl waiting for god knows what. It's sad that you'll never be able to get off the train and get to know these people, who knows, looking back if you were on the train, one of those people could have been very important in your life, but you simply watched them drift away into the horizon.
Haunting.
@Pranak8998
Evil Pancake yes. it is.
@user-ub5tv5tv1i
That's my favourite scene as well..😃
@apolloholmes208
And to think that you don't know how and if you ever will be able to have that ticket to ride that train back home... When it was given to Chihiro by Kamaji (?), that guy in the boiler room, after saving it for years!...that hit me hard...he knew that it won't be wasted...and that he's ready to part with it for a better reason...
@marym1225
It is said that the girl waiting on the train stop is Setsuko from Grave of the Fireflies
@SufferingSwan
Honestly I feel like these people are dead but they can't go to Heaven or Hell for some reasons so they are stuck in this train, waiting for the eternity a miracle that would free them from this moving jail.
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@ahad6215
Such a perfect scene. Just sitting in the train, spirits coming and going, time slowly passing, the little girl by the station... The train ride brings reality to the moment, Chihiro just sitting there with No-face, what's going on in her thoughts? It's like the transition between childhood and oncoming adulthood, people slowly leaving, tension and deep thought, finally reaching your destination but with no idea what to expect, albeit with a new found confidence. Sorry I'm just rambling, but I love this film and scene so much! I like this scene as much as 'Tears in Rain' in Blade Runner!
@myriadd6272
You've literally just summed up everything I was thinking. Thank you :)
@dilladown
+Ahad Mahmood Amazing... and you mentioned Tears in Rain, you must be my soulmate hahaha
@szkokee
Well the scene is about that exactly. The whining little girl becomes an adult there.
@isaacliu._.6899
Thank you for your perspective! Although I did think that this train ride was a transition from childhood to adulthood, I never thought about what you mentioned on reaching a destination. This really added to my perspective on the scene :D
@RosemaryTurner2002
I love this film too. It's my favourite animation ever 😊
@sissysovereign1294
It's so eerie yet thought provoking listening to this while heading home on the bus during sundown. It makes me feel as if I'm on the train with Chihiro and No Face riding into the unknown.
@christiangiddens3544
I can picture it
@bombalessandro
it's amazing how I remember every single frame of this scene
@mpGreen03
This song brings me so much pain, yet I will never stop listening to it.
@adiniswar
I agree with you. it also makes me feel like crying sometimes but..... the song is also calming.
@mpGreen03
Adi Niswar Yes, it is just magical and marvelous :)
@kellthecyberman9041
majestic is the word
@mpGreen03
Kelthegremiln Smith Yeah, but I can't stop giggling when I hear that word, I can't use it properly anymore due to internet xD.
@kellthecyberman9041
Green Edge yeah true but it was a nice word
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@mirabellabutterfly1503
This song always reminds me of my deceased grandmother. I loved her so much and I still miss her so badly. But when I think of her and listen to this song, it makes me believe that she is at a much better place now and that our souls will see each other again someday!💕
@navisnook
I saw this movie for the first time when I was 12 and was always been drawn to this scene for some reason. I guess it was just the serenity of it. It wasn't until I watched it again at 14, after my father had passed away, that I felt a real emotional connection to it. I'm 20 now but every time I watch this movie, this scene mainly, it takes me back to when I was 16 and really wishing my dad hadn't left me so quickly. I felt like the world around me was just moving so fast and all I wanted to do was stop and go back. I guess that what hit me hard about this scene, that the train only went in one direction whether or not you wanted it to.
But chihiros strength during this is so inspiring. She dealt with change and the unpredictable with unwavering courage and didnt really stop to feel sorry for herself.
A thousand thank yous to Hayao Miyazaki for being able to capture so much emotion in one scene. Mine is just one of the many stories he's been able to represent ❤️
@winnierookie
navi0928 I hope you stay strong.
@reginaxbaby
Oh, my goodness. This made me tear up. I hope you're doing well.
@michemicalromance
She did have that scene with Haku where she cries, and it helps her become stronger because of it
@engeldesdeth
I think this movie has had such a huge impact in my life without me even noticing it. I've always felt so lonely and used to feel so attached to all the characters when I was a child, simply because it showcases what loneliness really feels like, how a child has to grow up and take responsibilities that children shouldn't usually take. Growing up sucks, specially when you're forced to do it as a little kid.
@ungoliver
I had a bad childhood with lots of violence and trauma, and with 25 years, i just began healing. Spirited away was always my escape from reality. On some nights i have terrible anxiety, and i return to this song, and the world is at peace again. Thank you so much, Miyazaki and Hisaishi 🤍
@user-eg6qy1jr3d
May your life be filled with a lot of peace
@Ana-ch6hp
I wish you the best
@user-cn8gc5hc8z
Ни когда не поздно иметь счастливое детство! Удачи
@stolleNrx7
I wish I could forget I watched, not only this one, but all Ghibli movies to always re-watch them.
these movies made me feel a tsunami of emotions and most of them made me cry. I still have Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki as my 2 biggest inspirations to learn, get along with life's ups and downs, and keep moving.
these movies teached me some stuff I would have never learned on school or even with my parents. I simply have the biggest appreciation and sheer amount of love for the people who made all of this possible.
Thanks Hayao Miyazaki. Thanks Studio Ghibli. Forever in my memories
@hayes_fra
The thing about this movie is, it has a special connection to some of the viewers like myself. I first watched this movie in my year 9 Japanese class, most of the people in the class thought the movie was weird and laughed. For me, I just was so intrigued by it, I decided to re-watch it at home. I didn't realise how much I loved it. Some of the scenes, like the sixth station, just connected to me, as if I had lived extremely similar moments throughout my childhood and even now while I grow up. In Spirited Away, Chihiro is learning how to grow up, do things for not only herself, and grow virtues like patience and manners, a lot of things we ourselves learn while we grow up; which is why I think a lot of people can feel this particular, special connection. I'm glad I'm not the only one who does...
@paleoghost3566
I dont know maybe its just me, but I always think that people who watch Ghibli movies are mostly people with good heart and soul.
@TijmenRaasveld
I feel the exact same way. the train scene always struck a cord with me and i've never really been able to put into words why. every time i watch it it makes me feel melancholy for some reason.
@SuperJoshydude
First watched this around 7 years ago when I was 9 it has always been in my heart since then, watched this masterpiece like 20 times, no better movie than a Miyazaki movie.
@yifanwang7136
They laughed and thought this movie was weird?? Man those people have no hearts
@kiraina25
I mean, it is a very strange little movie. But it's a good kind of weird.
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@the_fourth
This scene is unlike any other I've ever seen in any cinema. I still can't figure out what emotions it is trying to convey but there's something about it that's so soothing and touches the soul. I want to get on that train someday and live in that house.
@alfridhahaulaini381
every time i hear this at night, lights off, alone. i can see and feel my life
@emeraldtabbycat148
try listening to this in a sensory deprivation tank.
@carlosmontufar1096
Same
@rikofirmansyah2044
Iya mba
@rachidarachouda6995
Me to omg
@projetovazio
Exactly me right now
@youmakemewannalala21
when I have anxiety attacks, this really helps me calm down
@CriticsConfession
Holy crap same! I've been having a pretty concentrated amount of them this month so I decided to learn how to play this and that usually eases me really fast. Good to know I'm not alone :)
@youmakemewannalala21
***** feeling that feel hard! Hang in there :)
@MySHINeeAWESOME
+Hina W same ! ;)
@TheGreatUtopiaCat
+Hina W i don't have anxiety attacks I don't think, but chronic anxiety is by far the biggest issue in my life...in a sense I think it's the only issue that really needs fixing....
@youmakemewannalala21
TheGreatUtopiaCat I can understand that. Going to therapy can help immensely. If thats not an option, find a close friend or family member you can rely to talk you through your anxiety. My thoughts are with you!
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@GuitarHeartno1
Have you ever experienced something so profoundly beautiful that you become genuinely sad after you experience it, because you know it will be a long time before you ever feel that way again? This movie does that to me every time I watch it.
@oyajimetal
何年経ってもこの幻想的で物悲しいメロディーは心を揺さぶります。
@key-chan5563
2:18 This little place....this house and the tree...
That's my future. I always felt like that and it's always so powerful for me..this simple picture...
@LuckeeStrikee
You'll become Master Roshi?
@key-chan5563
Luckee Strikee Uhm, who's that ? xD
@LuckeeStrikee
The old man from Dragon Ball. He lives on a small island similar to the one you mentioned. It was just a stupid joke.
@key-chan5563
Luckee Strikee Oh, right! Now I remember. It's alright ^^ The reason why I mentioned this scene is actually not how my future house will be but instead of what kind of future life I will have. A silent, abandoned place with the freedom I always wanted... I could never describe my deep desires for my future to my loved ones, even for me it's still a huge mystery but I want to know...or maybe this is all just my little fantasy world which will never come true...
@platin1476
Key-chan there aint no Internet get rekt
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@mechastyx2208
It’s kinda scary that I felt like I experienced this somehow. The nostalgia, the reminiscence and emotion is perfectly demonstrated. This scene probably nailed something that was really hard to tell.
@yeehaw9741
3:04 was always my favorite part of this song. I love the emotions through this song, combined with the scene playing out. Beautiful.
@HardboiledBread
To me, one of the most emotionally tantalizing scenes in the history of movies that I have seen. Mesmerizes and gives me chills no matter how many times I watch the production. Ages like wine, I swear.
@CafeMich
This scene was not only spectacular, but it drew me breath away. How such a simple train ride could bring about so much emotion is amazing. I loved and cherished every moment of Spirited Away ❤️
@frog6054
This is a masterpiece. One of the best soundtrack I ever heard in anime.
@morwennai2296
My heart is tight. It is painful. Reminds me of the time flowing too fast. The reminescence of my lost childhood.
@Pranak8998
Fruity ASMR! childhood lasts as long as we want it to
@sapphirebulletbill
But we eventually lose our innocence...
@NikiWonoto26
same...
@hermitchicken7496
Joe Hisaishi is really genius...
@keoni_6375
As I'm reading some of the comments on here I'm noticing that some feel the same way my sister and I fell about this movie. I have a serious connection with the movie and this song, its hard to explain but it has a special place in my heart. I first watched this movie as a baby. I kept re-watching it as I grew up and noticed more things in the movie. The movie is just so intriguing, amazing, beautifully executed. This is truly a master piece of not only an animated film, but of a film in general. <3
@Zeldafan1ify
Probably the most nostalgic song of all nostalgic songs in my life. I first watched this movie, and was unusually moved by this song (along with other tracks in the movie), I was an 8 year old girl going through a lot of emotional trauma at the time and having attachment issues. I wanted to cling to my dad and never let go, and since this entire movie (particularly this scene) gave that feeling of searching for that someone you love so much and never want to let go, it gave me an even more emotional sore. I couldn't stop crying. I couldn't..
I missed my dad even though he was right there. And when he left me home alone that night, I knew I'd see him again the next weekend, but the song kept reminding me of the entire week that I'd spend without him. I cried so much that night over nothing. And I would cry for many years because of that. I swear, it was almost like my heart knew that these moments with him wouldn't last forever. That nostalgic memory of his back walking further away from me into the darkness that night was so vivid that I never forgot it, not even the tears that welled in my eyes as I watched him disappear. It feels like an endless gif that loops on to this day. Ironic, considering everything else is a blur. It's almost like my life just jumped from watching my dad leave to never seeing him again in the same way. Growing up, the pain in my heart grew worse when he met another woman, had kids with her, then divorced her, leaving 2 more kids who felt the same way, only a little better because they had each other unlike me, the single, older kid.
Now I never see him. I'm at my peak in life, and I rarely see him.. the worst part is that it feels like I'm missing out on the remaining years of his life, years that he's giving to his new family, and when he's truly gone from this world, what will I have left to feel? It's so painful to imagine so I try not to think about it. But.. a piece of music like this always triggers this box of emotions. I have a dad, I had a dad. He was there for me and my mom at some point in my life. Then he flew away, coinciding with the end of my childhood innocence, and unraveling a series of terrible life experiences that would never have occurred if mom and dad had stayed together. And I was never truly that happy again.
Separation between parents is tough. Don't ever do that to your kids
@mainguyenkim1847
Your dad is... D:?
@Zeldafan1ify
chris ce The song..? It's been 10 years of this. I don't think I'll ever get over something that's so precious and personal to me.
@jamiemcmillan6742
I feel for you.
@ChemistryAtomistic
+Toon Link This is pretty sad! My parents divorced ''de facto'' when I was 2 years old. I saw my mother again, 3 years later, when she came back to divorce ''de jure''... I know how hard is this, and this is a tendency of modern society. What I decided was, learn with the mistakes of my parents, and when I have my childrens, I take care for they never taste the loneliness that I was bound to face. You can make the same option. Hug!
@danielavicente8273
+Toon Link I feel for you. I wish all divorce situations could be easier, especially to the children. But if it isn't working out, it's ten times worse to stay together just because of the children. I've been on that side and it isn't pretty. BTW I first watched this movie when I was 8, too, and this train scene + song is simply precious. To me it represents the voyage of life, the stages you go through, the no-faced people you see everyday, and the places you've been, or will never get to be. It feels melancholic but I love it.
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@jlstudios8823
This song makes me feel like a kid who learns that they won't always be young in body but always will be young in spirit and mind to the wonders of the world. Innocence is something that doesn't last forever but curiosity and imagination will.
@SuperNovaJinckUFO
What's great about that scene is it's something every kid goes through. You have to travel somewhere, and for the first time you're responsible for yourself. You watch as a strange world goes by, which you only slightly understand. You only know where you're supposed to get off, and how to give the conductor your ticket. Everyone and everything around you is foreign, more like entities than people. It gets dark, and the world outside starts to lose form. All you see are things like neon signs; countless lives outside that aren't yours. And yet, you're not scared. The world, for the first time, seems to have opened up to you. It's not some isolated, familiar place, nor is it a thing to be protected from anymore. The newness of everything is overwhelming, but you've become the master of newness. You're tired and uncomfortable after a long day of traveling, but in some ways, this is the best you've ever felt.
@hinataasesina
There is a moment in the train sequence, when a house is seen at the distance, a lonely house with a tree and surrounded by water. like a mini island. That house in particular, always, no matter how many times I watch the movie, makes me feel...like idk an extremely loneliness feeling. It's strange. masterpiece.
@RainboyExplains
The exact felling I got when I saw porroco. Riding his plane between the clouds and there's an island too. I can never get enough of it.... I'm so daym happy with that moment and simultaneously I'm daym sad... I have my emotions both at crest and trough at the exact same time..... Its just a diamond memory for me....
@user-jv1dl4uu5d
I got the same feeling, but that scene gave me a kind of weird happy sad feeling
@WhisperingPeace
I absolutely adore this scene from the movie. This song is so beautiful is countless ways. ❤
@whosacheeky
I close my eyes and lay on my bed with no lights on and listen to this and think about my life .... It allows me to reflect on everything I try to shut away when I pretend to be happy
@serenawilliams3475
Cici x wow, this is beautiful ❤️
@GuroItuyoshi
When I was young this part made me cry : 3:00, so intense the most beautiful part of this music.
@hawkiepants9
GuroItuyoshi THIS!!
@benedikpopcorn4049
😭😭😭
@Wolf0Donnelie
And the ghost girl look each other when the train left ...
@zzzzzzz2601
The train scene always makes me so relaxed for a weird reason
@barley.i9476
This movie captures so much in so many ways. Like that feeling of being lost, like to everyone else, you've been spirited away. The feeling of love and friendship and having to say goodbye. This movie rightfully deserves the awards that it got. Such a beautiful movie. This will remain a cult gem.
@Andalynnia
How could I possibly describe the emotions this masterpiece makes me feel?
@Knqneal1
Vapsiainen owO S.A.D
@LupercaIia
Not sad, just weird...
@neku-fn8dq
Never in my life something so subtle and without someone talking has moved my heart so much
@ChemistryAtomistic
The sixth station of life's railway.
@emeraldtabbycat148
It is eternity's railway.
@ChemistryAtomistic
Nothing is eternal, only the eternity.
@smilescomeforfree5855
Chemistry Atomistic Nothing ever dies
@sheldonvern
Chemistry Atomistic your eternal after your body fades you will still be aware
@heatherk4401
Chemistry Atomistic What a simple and beautiful explanation
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@InuLaraProductions
This movie is so breathtaking and emotional. The soundtrack is angelic. This is what I call Oscar-worthy :)
@Memphis_shit
Вроде взрослый парень, а почему то реветь охота от таких прекрасных мелодий. Ещё понимаешь что, когда посмотрел впервые этот шедевр не осознавал как он въесться тебе в душу. Есть что то дороже чем просто качественная картинка, и этот мультфильм из ряда вон выходящее.
@starrycold6553
+++факты
@positivebalance65
I can confidently say this spirited away is MASTERPIECE and very PURE BEAUTY!!
@crushthyflowerss
This instantly takes me back to a time of simplicity and happiness in my life: my childhood. When riddles and puzzles weren't yet introduced in my life, when I had not experienced any heartache yet.
@Egito45
yeah, i understand you. i feel the same, a moment in life that is so good, and so distant now. it's sad, but at the same time, happy. i don't know how to explain
@MegaChickenfish
I've watched a lot of movies, but never before had I seen a movie take the time to have a scene like this. I don't have words for how this movie made me feel, in all those thousands of books read I just don't have the words.
@rinsroom5880
It's like a dream.
@devilglory
every dream has an end
@Lacie9
The greatest dream ever
@user-xb4jb2hu1g
@@devilglory every end is a beginning
@rosnahshik573
I wish this place exists!!! As a writer of fantasy novels, I've always wanted to leave reality behind and just go for an adventure, however difficult it may be....... Too bad, huh? T.T
@NikiWonoto26
+TheFuckyou2394 I've heard about that theory too,.. but is it really true? is there any proof?.. I would love them to be true/real though.. because yeah,..I also hate this very limited/limiting reality/real-world/real-life..
@TheHikariLP
The city in the movie was inspired by Jiufen, a small taiwanese city, and the train from the movie exists on a small island north of germany called Wangerooge.
@operation1968
Rosnah Shik well from one writer to another, I think you know as well as I do that you can still go on such an adventure through your imagination, perhaps through writing a book. That way you can go as far and deep as you want to
@glo023
Inspiration for the making of this scene came from the Busselton jetty in Western Australia. You can visit if you'd like, it waits for you. :-)
@stevebuddha8172
Travelling alone does the trick for me. I get a different perspective in life. How short this life is... just you think you figure it all out... then sometime happens..
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@Strap1205
Not only a beautiful scene but also an epic soundtrack! This movie is "magical" in many ways!
@adi2601
I think what really makes this scene stand out so much, and out of many films in general, is not just its ability to convey a deep and provoking message purely by animation, but also because I think the setting, and considering chihiro's circumstances too, it represents a sense of uncertainty of the future as you abandon your old whiny and naive self and morph into a more mature person. I think that's what this film was really good at illustrating is the concept of growing up and maturing but it's also that tragic feeling that all that time as a child... you'll never get it back. And no matter what happens, you have to keep moving forward even if it looks like there's nothing beyond the horizon. I personally relate to this so much because I'm about to graduate high school in a couple of months and when that new chapter of my life starts, this phase will be over and even if I wanna be a child again so badly, I can't. Ik no one's gonna see this, but if you feel the same way, you're not alone. It happens, but the best thing to do is accept the memories you made and cherish them in your heart until the day you die.
@rafaelescobar7931
I know I know. I'm 19 and I wish I could stay a kid forever but we have to take on adult life. We can still remember those days when we were kids...
@Makocat
Anxiety is like a joyride when listening to this
@mrhairy1221
In the movie, the part that gets me during this scene is when the train stops and the spirits depart, and as the train starts again it pans across the station from chihiros view, and you see the spirit of a child standing there on the platform alone, waiting for someone who hasnt arrived yet. That little, 2 second bit thats so easily missed puts a lump in my throat every time.
@Lilyium
This song really compliments the train scene very well, it's very atmospheric and emotional.
@xisticai920
This hurts my heart and also bring back memories. Even though i love this song and its so beautiful to listen to :) Helps me concentrate and relax. I need to watch spirited away again the movie was amazing :)
@mistert7615
i think its deep and makes you wonder things. it touches my soul and makes me remember but doesnt hurt. buy it on DVD like me
@xisticai920
Yeah :)
@didjaseemyjams1582
To me, this song sounds like a cry of help. As if the writer's friend has died, and they are just waiting and waiting for the moment they can see them again. The minutes stretch into years, and the pain spreads far and wide like an ocean of memories that's too deep to swim in.
@omarperez5581
Desde hace mucho perdí la cuenta de las noches que dormí escuchando esta canción. Analizando mi vida. Recordando el pasado, melancólico. Es como si me sintiera bien al estar triste. Solo una gran pieza de arte musical logra ese sentimiento.
@silverlony7067
Ce film est un chef d'oeuvre, et cette musique est tellement touchante avec ces décors fantaisistes qui font totalement rêver.
@Hiderway
Recently, i listened to this song everynight. I felt so lonely. I couldn't sleep without it. 2019
@KokoroIuna
this track is definitely my favourite and also my favourite part in the whole film as it's so beautiful
@hammzahammza7914
same here 😉
@MrSilentchild10
let us be proud... we all know what a real beautiful life is, even if we don't live it yet... because we listen to such beautiful music.....
@leninttito1588
Lo in-SOLITA que es la vida, en verdad te hace repensarla, las escenas y sumado a la banda sonora te teletransportan a un mundo donde si fuera eterna aceptaria vivir solo siempre, es cautivante la casa sola en medio de la pequeña isla.
@jameelmakhlouf506
This movie helped me in a very tough phase in my life , its the kind of movies that makes life better , great piano music Love and peace from syria 🇸🇾 to the world ❤❤
@sabiealdover4274
If this played in "Train to Busan", I think I wouldn't have been able to stop my tears from flowing.
@hashtagNight
Sabie Aldover - I would have cried even more if that song played in that part of the very end...
@user-kq9lc4oo9e
毎回この曲を聴いて、なんか自分が元の生活から離れて、誰も知らない場所へ行くのような感じをしていた。
@dream_dealer
The train scene from Spirited away is by far my favorite scene in any movie I have ever watched. It is truly a masterpiece, along with the music.
@josieb.5157
this part of the movie with this song always gives me chills, but they are somehow good chills.
@KC-vs7wp
the ghibli movies have impacted me in a way no other piece of media ever will, they’re just so special
@ohkokohtpy
Imagine walking down a dark train platform. With only a few lights to light your way. As the snowflakes fall on your head you wrap your coat warm around you. You look into the houses you can see in the distance as you wait on your train. You Watch people, in the form of shapes live their lives. Surrounded by family, that are so far away from you as you stand there lonely on that platform
@Ulquiorra4564
I first saw this movie on Cartoon Network years ago, I think I was around 12 years old, and man.. I absolutely loved the movie, it remains to be one of my most favorite movies to this day. This movie is just so beautiful and has always reached into my emotions so many ways ever since I first saw it. I didn't see it for years, growing up without internet and unable to find it anywhere else, I finally got it on DVD some years back and I watched it so many times, just so happy to watch it again and again haha
@redtexan7053
It’s amazing how much you can say without saying anything at all.
@JoaquinAntonioMSilva
This might just be my favorite movie of all time. I remember watching it for the first time in July, it seemed as if my soul left my body. When it ended I breathed in and out, I just couldn't comprehend how much of a Godly masterpiece this movie was. The same thing happened when I rewatched it again in August. Truly a masterpiece of a film.
@NaoTolero
Esse filme é uma das melhores lembranças da minha infância, me lembro de quando vi essa cena junto ao meu irmão na sala de estar, nós duas crianças agitadas ficamos calados enquanto o trem percorria todo o seu trajeto, nesse momento eu lembro de sentir tristeza e ao mesmo tempo paz.
Eu hoje, quando vejo essa cena sinto saudades de alguma coisa essa cena gera isso, ela dá uma pausa na sua realidade e te leva para uma viagem silenciosa e calma, onde você tem tempo para sentir sua própria vida, sem pensar, só sentir pelo que passou.
E às vezes é só o que precisamos, deixar nossa mente livre dos problemas e sentir a vida.
@antotakashima
Todas las veces que vi esta película lloré con la escena del tren, y creo que es algo que me va a pasar toda vida. Es una pieza musical hermosa, nostálgica, profunda.
@luisfelipeortizsoto6394
Es extraña y melancólica esta parte,los fantasmas la niña fantasma y no saber el rumbo que tomaran
@ricky-leedaniels9051
The train scene of Spirited away along with its music will forever be my favorite...it invoked such intense complex emotions and introspection within me that i could only call it poetic. I know of no other film that can capture such a moment.
@tonyjoseph5197
My train journeys were never the same after this.
@noahwhiteside2322
The movie as a whole is amazing and should be considered a treasure aswell as be one if the top movies anyone getting into anime should see
@GeraltofRivia22
This scene took an amazing movie and turned it into a masterpiece.
@Jacintowalsh
Quarantine coronavirus brougth me here.. melody so sad and intense, makes me cry.
@sholmes4593
That scene will always give you nostalgia for something you haven't live, in a place you are not sure you know... and that's beautiful.
@wabacake9937
this scene never fails to make me burst into tears and i can’t seem to explain why
@itsnlee
I can't even explain what I felt when this train scene came. I only feel this way when I watch Ghibli films, and no other film can quite achieve that. It's not just a beautiful animation, but art.
@Zeldafan1ify
Probably the most nostalgic song of all nostalgic songs in my life.
I first watched this movie, and was unusually moved by this song (along with other tracks in the movie), I was an 8 year old girl going through a lot of emotional trauma at the time and having attachment issues. I wanted to cling to my dad and never let go, and since this entire movie (particularly this scene) gave that feeling of searching for that someone you love so much and never want to let go, it gave me an even more emotional sore. I couldn't stop crying. I couldn't..
I missed my dad even though he was right there.
And when he left me home alone that night, I knew I'd see him again the next weekend, but the song kept reminding me of the entire week that I'd spend without him. I cried so much that night over nothing. And I would cry for many years because of that. I swear, it was almost like my heart knew that these moments with him wouldn't last forever. That nostalgic memory of his back walking further away from me into the darkness that night was so vivid that I never forgot it, not even the tears that welled in my eyes as I watched him disappear. It feels like an endless gif that loops on to this day. Ironic, considering everything else is a blur. It's almost like my life just jumped from watching my dad leave to never seeing him again in the same way.
Growing up, the pain in my heart grew worse when he met another woman, had kids with her, then divorced her, leaving 2 more kids who felt the same way, only a little better because they had each other unlike me, the single, older kid.
Now I never see him. I'm at my peak in life, and I rarely see him.. the worst part is that it feels like I'm missing out on the remaining years of his life, years that he's giving to his new family, and when he's truly gone from this world, what will I have left to feel? It's so painful to imagine so I try not to think about it. But.. a piece of music like this always triggers this box of emotions. I have a dad, I had a dad. He was there for me and my mom at some point in my life. Then he flew away, coinciding with the end of my childhood innocence, and unraveling a series of terrible life experiences that would never have occurred if mom and dad had stayed together.
And I was never truly that happy again.
Separation between parents is tough.
Don't ever do that to your kids
@Will-gu4cc
"Don't you remember your name?"
"No, but for some reason I remember yours."
@pinkdrinkdeleted8144
Iconic moment in spirited away
@davidvazquezfernandez4359
Yeah
@toastee5421
How does that work anyway?
@kevanpirayandeh7293
@@toastee5421 Because Yubaba cast a spell that caused her to forget her name, but she remembers the Kohaku river from childhood because she lost her shoe in that river and the memory stuck with her.
@walterwhite4699
Toastee did you watch the movie?
@tophatdoctor7855
It’s really hard to explain why this scene of basically nothing happening is one of the best scenes in any movie ever.
@foolofatook1271
Because of the guy playing piano
@mhiyamusic5769
@@foolofatook1271 thay guy is Joe Hisaishi
@donkeyparadise9276
@@foolofatook1271 haha ikr