Howls Moving Castle

Also Known As: Howl's Moving Castle

Company: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / DENTSU Music And Entertainment / Mitsubishi

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Budget: n/A

Full Cast: Chieko Baishô / Takuya Kimura / Akihiro Miwa / Tatsuya Gashûin / Ryûnosuke Kamiki / Mitsunori Isaki / Yô Oizumi / Akio Ôtsuka / Daijirô Harada / Haruko Kato / Jean Simmons / Christian Bale / Lauren Bacall / Blythe Danner / Emily Mortimer / Josh Hutcherson / Billy Crystal / Jena Malone / Crispin Freeman / Mark Silverman / Mari Devon / Liliana Mumy / Carlos Alazraqui / Newell Alexander / Rosemary Alexander / Julia Barnett / Susanne Blakeslee / Leslie Carrara / Mitch Carter / David Cowgill / Holly Dorff / Moosie Drier / Ike Eisenmann / Will Friedle / Bridget Hoffman / Richard Steven Horvitz / Sherry Hursey / Hope Levy / Christina MacGregor / Joel McCrary / Edie Mirman / Peter Renaday / Kristen Rutherford / Warren Sroka / Cornelia Dahlgren / Shigeyuki Totsugi / Ken Yasuda / Daran Norris

Cast and Character: Chieko Baishô as Sofî / Takuya Kimura as Hauru / Akihiro Miwa as Arechi no Majo / Tatsuya Gashûin as Karushifâ / Ryûnosuke Kamiki as Marukuru / Mitsunori Isaki as Koshô / Yô Oizumi as Kakashi no Kabu / Akio Ôtsuka as Kokuô / Daijirô Harada as Hin / Haruko Kato as Sariman / Jean Simmons as Grandma Sophie / Christian Bale as Howl / Lauren Bacall as Witch of the Waste / Blythe Danner as Madame Suliman / Emily Mortimer as Young Sophie

Trailer: n/A

Color: Color

Countries: Japan

Creators: n/A

Description: When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.

Directors: Hayao Miyazaki

Genres: Animation / Action / Adventure / Family / Fantasy / Romance

Languages: Japanese

Location: n/A

MPAA: Rated PG for frightening images and brief mild language

Opening Weekend: $29,133

Plot: A love story between an 18-year-old girl named Sofî, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body, and a magician named Hauru. Under the curse, Sofî sets out to seek her fortune, which takes her to Hauru's strange moving castle. In the castle, Sophie meets Hauru's fire demon, named Karishifâ. Seeing that she is under a curse, the demon makes a deal with Sophie--if she breaks the contract he is under with Hauru, then Karushifâ will lift the curse that Sophie is under, and she will return to her 18-year-old shape.

Poster: posters/0347149.jpg

Rating: 8.1

Release Date: 17 June 2005 (USA)

Runtime: 119 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital EX / DTS-ES / SDDS

Tagline: n/A

Title: Hauru no ugoku shiro

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347149/

Votes: 115,076

Writers: Hayao Miyazaki / Diana Wynne Jones

Year: 2004

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Hauru no ugoku shiro got rated 8.1.

About the movie: A love story between an 18-year-old girl named Sofî, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body, and a magician named Hauru. Under the curse, Sofî sets out to seek her fortune, which takes her to Hauru's strange moving castle. In the castle, Sophie meets Hauru's fire demon, named Karishifâ. Seeing that she is under a curse, the demon makes a deal with Sophie--if she breaks the contract he is under with Hauru, then Karushifâ will lift the curse that Sophie is under, and she will return to her 18-year-old shape.

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Persona got rated 8.1.

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Amores perros got rated 8.1.

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The Prestige got rated 8.4.

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