Howl's Moving Castle
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hayao Miyazaki
Christian Bale
Lauren Bacall
Blythe Danner
Chieko Baisho
Takuya Kimura
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sophie, a diligent teenage girl working in her family's hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl. This innocent encounter engages the vain and conniving Witch of the Waste, who transforms into a 90-year-old woman. Sophie's efforts to break the curse bring her to Howl's magical moving castle, where she befriends Markl, Howl's apprentice, and the hot-headed fire demon Calcifer. Her love and support have a major impact on Howl, who can be maddeningly self-indulgent and singularly noble: He defies royal orders to participate in a meaningless war and risks his life to bring peace to the kingdom.
Cast
Christian Bale
Lauren Bacall
Blythe Danner
Chieko Baisho
Takuya Kimura
Akihiro Miwa
Tatsuya Gashuin
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Mitsunori Isaki
Yo Oizumi
Akio Otsuka
Daijiro Harada
Haruko Kato
Mari Devon
Crispin Freeman
Jena Malone
Liliana Mumy
Mark Silverman
Jean Simmons
Billy Crystal
Emily Mortimer
Josh Hutcherson
Crew
Tsutomu Awada
Cindy Davis Hewitt
Rick Dempsey
Rick Dempsey
Pete Docter
Pete Docter
Ryoichi Fukuyama
Makiko Futaki
Kenji Hachikazi
Hideki Hamasu
Cori Hansen
Takashi Hashimoto
Motohiro Hatanaka
Donald Hewitt
Joe Hisaishi
Kazumi Inaki
Takeshi Inamura
Shuji Inoue
Shuji Inoue
Diana Wynne Jones
Megumi Kagawa
Mitsunori Kataama
Shigeru Kimishima
Youmi Kimura
Tamaki Kojyo
Katsuya Kondo
Kenichi Konishi
Kitaro Kosaka
John Lasseter
Ned Lott
Ned Lott
Kaoru Mano
Hirofumi Masuda
Toshihiko Masuda
Mariko Matsuo
Masaru Matsuse
Hayao Miyazaki
Toru Noguchi
Shinya Ohira
Seiji Okuda
Atsushi Okui
Atsushi Okui
Masashi Okumura
Kazuyoshi Onoda
Yoshihiro Osugi
Shinji Otsuka
Ronald G Roumas
Ayumi Sato
Michael Semanick
Takeshi Seyama
Atsushi Shigeta
Masako Shinohara
Sachiko Sugino
Makiko Suzuki
Toshio Suzuki
Wataru Takahashi
Noriko Takaya
Yogi Takeshige
Yozi Takeshige
Nobuyuki Takeuchi
Atsushi Tamura
Atsushi Tamura
Atsuko Tanaka
Yuichi Tanaka
Shuntaro Tanigawa
Noriko Tsushi
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Junji Yabuta
Katsuya Yamada
Kenichi Yamada
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Eiji Yamamori
Akihiro Yamashita
Michiyo Yasuda
Naomi Yasuda
Masafumi Yokota
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Noboru Yoshida
Reiko Yoshida
Hideaki Yoshio
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Animated Feature Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Music Score by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).
Released in United States Summer June 10, 2005
Limited Release in United States June 10, 2005
Expanded Release in United States June 17, 2005
Released in United States on Video March 7, 2006
Released in United States September 2004
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 2004.
Based on the novel "Howl's Moving Castle" by Diana Wynne Jones.
Mamoru Hosoda was previously attached to direct.
Released in United States Summer June 10, 2005
Limited Release in United States June 10, 2005
Expanded Release in United States June 17, 2005
Released in United States on Video March 7, 2006
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) September 1-11, 2004.)
Winner of the 2005 award for Best Animated Film by the New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC).
