Hayao Miyazaki

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

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Status: Completed

Director(s): Hayao Miyazaki

Main cast: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa

Long synopsis : Young Sophie is eighteen, and works tirelessly every day making hats in the shop once owned by her deceased father. On a rare outing to town, Sophie accidentally encounters the wizard Howl. Howl is dashing, terribly handsome, yet as wizards go, he’s a bit of a wimp. They are spotted by the Witch of the Waste, who mistakes the nature of the relationship between them. Seized by jealousy, she casts a spell on Sophie, transforming her into a withered ninety-year-old woman

Cast

Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashûin, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mitsunori Isaki

Crew

Producer(s): Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott, Toshio Suzuki
Director(s): Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki, Diana Wynne Jones
DP: Atsushi Okui
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Original Music: Joe Hisaishi
Set Design: Yôji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida

Genre(s): Animation, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction

Production company: STUDIO GHIBLI, WILD BUNCH, WALT DISNEY PRODUCTION, BUENA VISTA FRANCE
Production date: 2004
Language: Japanese
Duration: 119 min
Image Ratio: 1.85
Sound Info: Dolby SR / SRD