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.
Direction
Miyazaki's anti-war fury disguised as cozy fantasy.
Production
The castle WALKS. That's practical obsession, baby.
Score
Joe Hisaishi's 'Merry-Go-Round of Life' lives rent-free.
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Chieko Baisho
Sophie (voice)
Takuya Kimura
Howl (voice)
Tatsuya Gashûin
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)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miyazaki made this furious about Iraq; the war subplot wasn't in Diana Wynne Jones's novel.
Christian Bale based Howl's voice on his own 'vain, theatrical' impression of Tommy Wiseau. Seriously.
JP
