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
🗳 Votes10,836
🔥 Popularity13
💰 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 ProducerHayao Miyazaki
Director of PhotographyAtsushi Okui
DirectorHayao Miyazaki
NovelDiana Wynne Jones
Original Music ComposerJoe Hisaishi
EditorTakeshi Seyama
Art DirectionYoji Takeshige
ProducerTomohiko Ishii
ScreenplayHayao Miyazaki
ProducerToshio Suzuki
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
witchflyingraincastlescarecrowbody exchangemelancholyhatterbakerycursesteampunkdemon
💬 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…
👍 Recommended
Princess Mononoke
Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
Spirited Away
Ponyo
Kiki's Delivery Service
Porco Rosso
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