Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

September 9, 2004 (JP) • Fantasy, Animation, Adventure • 119m

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.

Director

Hayao Miyazaki

Writers

Diana Wynne Jones, Hayao Miyazaki

Top Billed

Chieko Baisho

Keywords

witch flying rain castle scarecrow body exchange melancholy hatter bakery curse steampunk demon anime thoughtful philosophical reflective complex based on young adult novel playful fantasy magical adventure romantic excited hopeful

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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)

Mayuno Yasokawa

(voice)

Rio Kanno

(voice)

Kojiro Takahashi

(voice)

Akiyoshi Sakurai

(voice)

Momoko Kurita

(voice)

Mina Meguro

(voice)

Yasuhiro Ohara

(voice)

Akio Tanaka

(voice)

Rina Yamada

(voice)

Tomoe Hanba

(voice)

Naoto Kaji

(voice)

Teruo Seki

(voice)

Shinobu Katabuchi

(voice)

Masako Inui

(voice)

Yohei Ohbayashi

(voice)

Takeshi Miyajima

(voice)

Yukiko Mizuochi

(voice)

Maki Koizumi

(voice)

Nobito Nishioka

(voice)

Teppei Akashi

(voice)

Reiko Onishi

(voice)

Yumiko Ogata

(voice)

Hiroyuki Kamikawaji

(voice)

Tomohiko Kiyota

(voice)

Kaori Kaneko

(voice)

Aiko Nakajima

(voice)

Jun Kuwahara

(voice)

Yuta Kobayashi

(voice)

Yuko Nomura

(voice)

Tamayo Fukushi

(voice)

Atsushi Takeya

(voice)

Yoshifumi Nakagawa

(voice)

Hiroki Tanaka

(voice)

Yohei Matsukado

(voice)

Akane Fujisaki

(voice)

Izumi Matsuoka

(voice)

Tomonori Yanagibashi

(voice)

Ken Yasuda

(voice)

Hiroyuki Morisaki

(voice)

Shigeyuki Totsugi

(voice)

Takuma Otoo

(voice)

Crew

Hayao Miyazaki

Executive Producer

Atsushi Okui

Director of Photography

Hayao Miyazaki

Director

Diana Wynne Jones

Novel

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Takeshi Seyama

Editor

Yoji Takeshige

Art Direction

Tomohiko Ishii

Producer

Hayao Miyazaki

Screenplay

Toshio Suzuki

Producer

Noboru Yoshida

Art Direction

Atsushi Tamura

Key Animation

Toru Noguchi

Sound Effects

Seiko Azuma

Animation

Kaori Fujii

Animation

Makiko Futaki

Animation

Akihiko Adachi

Animation

Yoshitake Iwakami

Animation Manager

Rie Usui

Animation

Takashi Hashimoto

Key Animation

Kitaro Kosaka

Animation Director

Hirofumi Masuda

Key Animation

Yoshihiro Osugi

Key Animation

Katsuya Kondo

Key Animation

Makiko Suzuki

Key Animation

Makiko Futaki

Key Animation

Kyohei Ito

Production Assistant

Chieko Tamura

Public Relations

Yuuichi Kaneko

Sound Recordist

Keiko Itogawa

Background Designer

Masahiro Kubota

Background Designer

Naomi Kasugai

Background Designer

Yosuke Toba

Assistant Director

Nozomu Ito

Public Relations

Mitsuo Yoshino

Background Designer

Atsushi Shigeta

Key Animation

Toshihiko Masuda

Key Animation

Megumi Kagawa

Key Animation

Ayumi Sato

Casting Coordinator

Yoichi Nishikawa

Background Designer

Eiji Yamamori

Key Animation

Hideaki Yoshio

Key Animation

Rie Matsubara

Assistant Editor

Akio Ichimura

Production Accountant

Kiyoko Tsuge

Production Accountant

Kenji Imura

Production Assistant

Junichi Nishioka

Public Relations

Yumiko Ukai

Public Relations

Yukio Hokari

Foley Artist

Suminobu Hamada

Sound Recordist

Naoto Takeshima

Sound Recordist

Chihiro Tsukue

Public Relations

Noriyuki Kitakawachi

Information Systems Manager

Shuji Inoue

Sound

Mizuki Ito

Foley Artist

Masatoshi Kai

Background Designer

Motohiro Hatanaka

Casting Coordinator

Youmi Kimura

Songs

Sueko Numazawa

Production Accountant

Junko Ina

Background Designer

Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Sound Director

Masako Osada

Background Designer

Naomi Yasu

Casting Coordinator

Masako Fujita

Production Accountant

Satomi Sasaki

Information Systems Manager

Kenji Hachizaki

Key Animation

Shigeru Kimishima

Key Animation

Junya Saito

Production Assistant

Mari Shinohara

Sound Recordist

Katsuya Yamada

Key Animation

Kenji Yazaki

Key Animation

Masafumi Yokota

Key Animation

Nozomu Takahashi

Production Manager

Michiyo Yasuda

Color Designer

Hisayo Ito

Production Accountant

Masaya Kitada

Foley Artist

Kenichi Konishi

Key Animation

Kenichi Yamada

Key Animation

Hiroaki Hirabayashi

Color Timer

Megumi Uchida

Assistant Editor

Eiichiro Tashiro

Production Assistant

Kazuo Oga

Background Designer

Mariko Matsuo

Key Animation

Nobuyuki Takeuchi

Key Animation

Ryosuke Kiyokawa

Assistant Director

Tamami Yamamoto

Production Accountant

Akihiko Okase

Foley Artist

Junichi Taniguchi

Background Designer

Naoya Tanaka

Background Designer

Osamu Masuyama

Background Designer

Mikio Mori

Dolby Consultant

Kashiko Kimura

Assistant Editor

Eiko Fujitsu

Production Accountant

Yoshikazu Fukutome

Background Designer

Ryouko Ina

Background Designer

Masako Shinohara

Key Animation

Yuichi Tanaka

Key Animation

Masako Sato

Animation

Maya Fujimori

Animation

Sumie Iwata

Animation

Takeshi Hiramatsu

Animation

Norihiro Ôsugi

Key Animation

Jinko Tsuji

Animation

Kaori Tokunaga

Animation

Kumiko Terada

Animation

Mitsu Noguchi

Animation

Moyo Takahashi

Animation

Rie Kondou

Animation

Tomoko Miyata

Animation

Yukari Yamaura

Animation

Ayano Suzuki

Animation

Kumiko Ohta

Animation

Masakiyo Yamashita

Animation

Shinichiro Yamada

Animation

Shinji Otsuka

Key Animation

Alexandra Weihrauch

Animation

Ayako Mori

Animation

Hisako Yaji

Animation

Masashi Karino

Animation

Mayumi Ohmura

Animation

Yumiko Suehiro

Animation

Kaori Itou

Animation

Katsutoshi Nakamura

Animation

Mai Nakazato

Animation

Masami Nakanishi

Animation

Rie Yamamoto

Animation

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Key Animation

Masaru Matsuse

Key Animation

Kimitoshi Ueno

Animation

Takahiro Sugawara

Animation

Waka Hirota

Animation

Yoshie Hayashi

Animation

Masashi Okumura

Key Animation

Kunitoshi Ishii

Animation

Shunsuke Hirota

Animation

Tsutomu Kaichi

Animation

Yuko Sasaki

Animation

Fumie Konno

Animation

Sumie Nishido

Animation

Hiroomi Yamakawa

Key Animation

Kiyoko Makita

Animation

Minoru Ohashi

Animation

Tetsuaki Matsuda

Animation

Yoyoi Toki

Animation

Yukiko Kakinuma

Animation

Akiko Teshima

Animation

Chikako Sasagawa

Animation

Yukari Umebayashi

Animation

Yumiko Kitajima

Animation

Yōhei Nakano

Animation

Keisuke Shimohira

Animation

Atsuko Tanaka

Key Animation

Hiroshi Masuda

Key Animation

Kazuyoshi Onoda

Key Animation

Shinya Ohira

Key Animation

Akiko Toba

Animation

Keiko Tomizawa

Animation

Sachiko Sugino

Key Animation

Atsuko Matsushita

Animation

Emiko Iwayanagi

Animation

Masayuki Shimizu

Animation

Osamu Miwa

Animation

Setsuya Tanabe

Animation

Tsutomu Shibutani

Animation

Yukinobu Yamada

Animation

Hiroaki Nakajima

Animation

Makoto Oohara

Animation

Yasuyuki Kitazawa

Animation

Sayaka Hirahara

Background Designer

Hideki Hamasu

Key Animation

Tsutomu Kurita

Key Animation

Akira Hosogaya

Animation

Daisuke Makino

Animation

Kumiko Tanihira

Animation

Mayumi Kitamura

Animation

Saho Saito

Animation

Yukie Kaneko

Animation

Katsuya Kondo

Animation Supervisor

Yuko Fujita

Animation

Hiroshi Iijima

Painter

Reviews

Andres Gomez

⭐ 9/10

November 26, 2013

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.

CinemaSerf

⭐ 8/10

September 4, 2023

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 t… read the rest.