this movie has a black story ?

Rating: 9/10 (17 May 2015)

Well there's the 'urban legend' or theory behind Spirited Away. okay here is theory behind spirited away that i recently read.
Chihiro, who gets trapped in this mystical world inhabited by witches, spirits, monsters, etc. Her parents get turned into pigs after eating food they weren't supposed to so Chihiro works out a deal with the witch who transformed her parents to work in her oil- house. It's a very fun film to watch, and good artwork :b It won many awards so if you haven't watch it please do :) Well, over the years people have heard rumors and theories about Spirited Away, mostly dark theories, a Toshi Densetsu (都市伝説) an urban legend. Interesting nonetheless if you don't want this to change your opinion on this movie please do not read but if not, here it goes! I guess there is no point beating around the bush, so.. basically Spirited Away's story is basically said to be about prostitution. It's a children's movie, what? Yes, shocking. Like I stated earlier, little Chihiro starts working at an oil- house, or an Aburaya-ya (油屋). This oil-house is a portrayal of a old type bathhouse, or a Yuya (湯屋). Also, Chihiro is forced to work as a Yuna (湯女), this word is used in the Japanese version. Out of the many articles written for Spirited Away very few have touched on the naming. For those who don't know Japanese, the definition of a Yuna is "women who assists bathers" and "bathhouse prostitutes". Can't get more literal than that. These bathhouses were a big business in Edo Japan, or so I've read. And the patron of the bathhouses were all men, and the 'millions' of patrons that came to the oil-houses as well (they are all Otokogami, 男神, male deities). Fun Fact: After the movie's success the name Yuna became popular as a girl's name, but a lot of parents were running around trying to change their daughter's name after they found out what it really meant, lol. The oil-house Chihiro works for is run by the witch Yubaba. Chihiro is forced to adopt another same, "Sen", which comes from the first character of her name: Chihiro 千尋 and remove the second character and it reads Sen (千). It was common for prostitutes in the Edo period to work using a different name, something like a stripper name? Hahah.. So why did Miyazaki make a story about prostitution? Apparently the idea came from his producer, Suzuki Toshio. He gave Miyazaki an idea as: "House about a story about a girl who can't even greet people properly working in a cabaret club? It would be like training to open her heart" to which Miyazaki replied "That's it!" Later when interviewed why he chose the particular story, he replied, "I think the Most appropriate way to symbolize the modern world is the sex industry. Hasn't Japanese society become like the sex industry?" Never thought a children's film could have such provocative story line. Another theory behind the movie involves a kidnapping by North Korea and how the girl was being forced into a low-paying labor job, but there's not too much on this theory to give much credit to. But it's still interesting to know!