Kamajī

Kamajī is an elderly man with eight limbs (four arms, two legs), who operates the Boiler Room in the Bathhouse. He appears as a spider (jap. Tsuchigumo) in the film Spirited Away directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli.

Appearance
His limbs can apparently extend indefinitely, enabling him to access the upper cabinets of his workplace without having to leave his original work position. Kamajī appears to spend most of his time at his workplace, as he is seen sleeping and eating his meals there.

A number of Sootballs work for him by carrying coal into his furnace. He has large cabinets where he keeps all the herbs that are used in the baths. He rarely stands up. So you would hardly to see his two tiny legs.

Plot
At first he is unfriendly to Chihiro; unwillingly to give her work. When a human doesn't work in Yūya, it becomes an animal for example a pig. Kamajī doesn't halt Chihiro from helping the Sootballs caring coal to the oven.

After that persuasion, he helps Chihiro to work at the Bathhouse and even pretends to be her grandfather when questioned by Lin, to protect her, though this ruse does not stand for long. He gives Lin a roasted Salamander The next morning, he awakes to find Chihiro asleep in the Boiler Room after her meeting with Haku. He says nothing and simply places a purple pillow on her sleeping form.

When the Stink Spirit arrives for a bath, he gives Chihiro a bunch of Bath Tokens. Chihiro pulls a string and sends the bath tokens to Kamaji through strings. When Kamaji receives the tokens, he pulls a few gadgets that sends water, shampoos, fragrances, bathing material.This bunch surprised Kamaji as it called for a lot of water and fragrents.

He later takes Haku, heavily injured into his Boiler Room and cares for him while Chihiro, given train tickets by Kamajī, journeys to Zeniba's cottage. Initially, he seems cold and uncaring, but evolves and by the end of the film, he seems to have grown a soft spot for Chihiro and for anyone whom she calls her friend.

Abilities
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