Howl's Moving Castle
ハウルの動く城
"The two lived there."
FantasyAnimationAdventure
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
🎬 DirectorHayao Miyazaki
📅 Release2004-09-09
🌍 CountryJapan
🗣 LanguageJapanese
🏢 StudioStudio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation
🗳 Votes10,929
🔥 Popularity22
💰 Budget$24,000,000
💵 Revenue$236,049,757
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🎭 Cast
Chieko Baisho
Sophie (voice)
Takuya Kimura
Howl (voice)
Akihiro Miwa
Witch of the Waste (voice)
Tatsuya Gashûin
Calcifer (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Markl (voice)
Mitsunori Isaki
Kosho (voice)
Yo Oizumi
Prince Justin / Turnip Head (voice)
Akio Otsuka
King of Ingary (voice)
Daijirō Harada
Heen (voice)
Haruko Katō
Madame Suliman (voice)
Makoto Yasumura
(voice)
Manabu Muraji
(voice)
Keiko Tsukamoto
(voice)
Tsuzuki Kayako
(voice)
Seiji Sasaki
(voice)
🎥 Crew
Executive Producer
Hayao Miyazaki
Director of Photography
Atsushi Okui
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Novel
Diana Wynne Jones
Original Music Composer
Joe Hisaishi
Editor
Takeshi Seyama
Art Direction
Yoji Takeshige
Producer
Tomohiko Ishii
Screenplay
Hayao Miyazaki
Producer
Toshio Suzuki
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🏷 Keywords
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💬 Reviews
Really good movie staging in a fictional center European country. The drawings are great and the story is as delicate as any other from Miyazaki.…
Certainly my favourite Miyazaki film. The animations are a touch angular, but colourfully and stylishly depict this story of a beautiful young girl who is cursed by an evil witch. In despair, she sets off, directionless, from home and comes across "Howl" and his moving castle - and the sprite "Calcifer". She begins a journey of discovery - about herself as much as anything. "Howl" - the ultimate f…
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