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Howl's Moving Castle

“Love comes first.”

20041h 59mFantasy · Animation · Adventure

Released

September 9, 2004

8.4

TMDB Score

84% match · 11,605 votes

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About the Movie

Howl's Moving Castle poster

FantasyAnimationAdventure

Synopsis

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

Released: September 9, 2004
Runtime: 1h 59m
Status: Released
Original language: Japanese
Budget: $24.0M
Box office: $236.0M
Studios: Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation

Top Billed Cast

Chieko Baisho

Sophie (voice)

Takuya Kimura

Howl (voice)

Akihiro Miwa

Witch of the Waste (voice)

Tatsuya Gashuin

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)

Hiroshi Takahashi

(voice)

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