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Original title: Hauru no ugoku shiro
Release Date
• USA: Jun 10, 2005
• UK: 30 Sep 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 7, 2006
Official Website:
Howl's Moving Castle Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG for frightening images and brief mild language.
Running Time
1 hour, 59 minutes
Country Japan
Production Companies
DENTSU Music And Entertainment Inc., Mitsubishi Corportaion, NTV, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), Studio Ghibli, Tohokushinsha Film Corp., Tokuma Shoten, Walt Disney Pictures (English dubbing)
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• Howl's Moving Castle
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Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Romance, Animation, Sci-Fi
Plot: Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away") takes moviegoers on an amazing new animated adventure that celebrates the power of love to transform and the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Brimming with a blend of imagination, humor, action, and romance, "Howl's Moving Castle" recently played to great acclaim at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, and has become one of the biggest blockbusters of all time in Japan – earning more than $193 million at the box office and still counting.A distinguished cast of actors, under the direction of Pixar's Pete Docter ("Monsters, Inc."), lend their vocal talents to this English-language version of the film. Sophie (voiced by Emily Mortimer), an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl (voiced by Christian Bale), and is subsequently turned into a 90-year old woman (voiced by screen legend and two-time Oscar® nominee Jean Simmons) by the vain and conniving Wicked Witch of the Waste (voiced by screen legend and Oscar® nominee Lauren Bacall). Embarking on an incredible odyssey to lift the curse, she finds refuge in Howl's magical moving castle where she becomes acquainted with
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Jean Simmons
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Spartacus, Great Expectations |
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The Princess Bride, Monsters, Inc., When Harry Met Sally... |
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Joe Hisaishi
Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro |
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