Poster of Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

ハウルの動く城

A magician, a witch, a castle that has life. A fantastic journey into the world of imagination.

2004-09-09 · Adventure, Animation, Fantasy · 119 min

★ 8.4 (11653 votes)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Chieko Baisho Chieko Baisho Sophie (voice)
  • Takuya Kimura Takuya Kimura Howl (voice)
  • Akihiro Miwa Akihiro Miwa Witch of the Waste (voice)
  • Tatsuya Gashuin Tatsuya Gashuin 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)
  • Daijirou Harada Daijirou Harada Heen (voice)
  • Haruko Katou Haruko Katou 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)

Crew

Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Director of Photography
Atsushi Okui
Editor
Takeshi Seyama
Novel
Diana Wynne Jones
Original Music Composer
Joe Hisaishi
Producer
Toshio Suzuki
Producer
Tomohiko Ishii
Screenplay
Hayao Miyazaki

Details

Budget
$24,000,000
Revenue
$236,049,757
Homepage
https://gkids.com/films/howls-moving-castle/
IMDb
tt0347149
TMDB
4935

Keywords

  • adventure
  • anime
  • bakery
  • based on young adult novel
  • body exchange
  • castle
  • curse
  • demon
  • excited
  • fantasy
  • flying
  • hatter
  • magical
  • philosophical
  • rain
  • scarecrow
  • steampunk
  • witch

Videos

Reviews

CinemaSerf · ★ 8 · 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 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.

Andres Gomez · ★ 9 · 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.

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