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Howl's Moving Castle

"The two lived there."

2004-09-09 Fantasy 1hr 59m

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.

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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.

  • Released
    2004-09-09
  • Revenue
    $236,049,757
  • Budget
    $24,000,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 59m
  • Genre
    Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    日本語
  • imdb-logo
    8.2
  • Production
    Studio Ghibli, dentsu Music And Entertainment, Mitsubishi, Nippon Television Network Corporation, TFC, Tokuma Shoten, d-rights

Crew

Hayao Miyazaki
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay
Toshio Suzuki
Producer
Keywords:
witch flying rain castle scarecrow body exchange hatter bakery curse steampunk demon anime based on young adult novel fantasy adventure

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Cast

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho
Sophie (voice)
Takuya Kimura

Takuya Kimura
Howl (voice)
Akihiro Miwa

Akihiro Miwa
Witch of the Waste (voice)
Tatsuya Gashûin

Tatsuya Gashûin
Calcifer (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki
Markl (voice)
Mitsunori Isaki

Mitsunori Isaki
Kosho (voice)
Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi
Prince Justin / Turnip Head (voice)
Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka
King of Ingary (voice)
Daijirô Harada

Daijirô Harada
Heen (voice)
Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō
Madame Suliman (voice)
Makoto Yasumura

Makoto Yasumura
(voice)
Manabu Muraji

Manabu Muraji
(voice)
Keiko Tsukamoto

Keiko Tsukamoto
(voice)
Tsuzuki Kayako

Tsuzuki Kayako
(voice)
Seiji Sasaki

Seiji Sasaki
(voice)
Hiroshi Takahashi

Hiroshi Takahashi
(voice)
Mayuno Yasokawa

Mayuno Yasokawa
(voice)
Rio Kanno

Rio Kanno
(voice)
Kojiro Takahashi

Kojiro Takahashi
(voice)
Akiyoshi Sakurai

Akiyoshi Sakurai
(voice)
Momoko Kurita

Momoko Kurita
(voice)
Mina Meguro

Mina Meguro
(voice)
Yasuhiro Ohara

Yasuhiro Ohara
(voice)
Akio Tanaka

Akio Tanaka
(voice)
Rina Yamada

Rina Yamada
(voice)
Tomoe Hanba

Tomoe Hanba
(voice)
Naoto Kaji

Naoto Kaji
(voice)
Teruo Seki

Teruo Seki
(voice)
Shinobu Katabuchi

Shinobu Katabuchi
(voice)
Masako Inui

Masako Inui
(voice)
Yohei Ohbayashi

Yohei Ohbayashi
(voice)
Takeshi Miyajima

Takeshi Miyajima
(voice)
Yukiko Mizuochi

Yukiko Mizuochi
(voice)
Maki Koizumi

Maki Koizumi
(voice)
Nobito Nishioka

Nobito Nishioka
(voice)
Teppei Akashi

Teppei Akashi
(voice)
Reiko Onishi

Reiko Onishi
(voice)
Yumiko Ogata

Yumiko Ogata
(voice)
Hiroyuki Kamikawaji

Hiroyuki Kamikawaji
(voice)
Tomohiko Kiyota

Tomohiko Kiyota
(voice)
Kaori Kaneko

Kaori Kaneko
(voice)
Aiko Nakajima

Aiko Nakajima
(voice)
Jun Kuwahara

Jun Kuwahara
(voice)
Yuta Kobayashi

Yuta Kobayashi
(voice)
Yuko Nomura

Yuko Nomura
(voice)
Tamayo Fukushi

Tamayo Fukushi
(voice)
Atsushi Takeya

Atsushi Takeya
(voice)
Yoshifumi Nakagawa

Yoshifumi Nakagawa
(voice)
Hiroki Tanaka

Hiroki Tanaka
(voice)
Yohei Matsukado

Yohei Matsukado
(voice)
Akane Fujisaki

Akane Fujisaki
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Reviews for Howl's Moving Castle
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A Review by tanty 9

Written by tanty on 2013-11-26

Really good movie staging in a fictional center European country. The drawings are great and the story is as delicate as any other from Miya... read more

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.

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A Review by Geronimo1967 8

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-09-04

Certainly my favourite Miyazaki film. The animations are a touch angular, but colourfully and stylishly depict this story of a beautiful you... read more

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 free spirit is also facing down demons of his own that he is struggling to reconcile with. "Calcifer" provides the conduit for them to get to better understand each other and also much of the humour as they seek to break the spells that bind them. This works on many different levels and each time I see it, I seem get something different from it.

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A Review by Andres Gomez

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....

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A Review by tanty 9

Written by tanty on 2013-11-26

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....

read more
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A Review by Geronimo1967 8

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-09-04

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...

read more