Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

The two lived there.

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.

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Cast

	Chieko Baisho	As: Sophie (voice)
	Takuya Kimura	As: Howl (voice)
	Akihiro Miwa	As: Witch of the Waste (voice)
	Tatsuya Gashûin	As: Calcifer (voice)
	Ryunosuke Kamiki	As: Markl (voice)

Storyline

Tagline:	The two lived there.
Certification:	12

Details

Genres: Fantasy, Animation, Adventure

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 09 September 2004

Country: JP

Runtime: 119m

Company Credits

Company: Studio Ghibli, dentsu Music And Entertainment, Mitsubishi, Nippon Television Network Corporation, TFC, Tokuma Shoten, d-rights

Budget: $24,000,000

Revenue: $236,049,757

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Cast

	Chieko Baisho	Sophie (voice)
	Takuya Kimura	Howl (voice)
	Akihiro Miwa	Witch of the Waste (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)
	Daijirô 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)

Directed By

	Hayao Miyazaki	Director
	Yosuke Toba	Assistant Director
	Ryosuke Kiyokawa	Assistant Director

Writing Credits

	Diana Wynne Jones	Novel
	Hayao Miyazaki	Screenplay

Production Crew

	Hayao Miyazaki	Executive Producer
	Tomohiko Ishii	Producer
	Toshio Suzuki	Producer
	Kyohei Ito	Production Assistant
	Ayumi Sato	Casting Coordinator
	Akio Ichimura	Production Accountant
	Kiyoko Tsuge	Production Accountant
	Kenji Imura	Production Assistant
	Motohiro Hatanaka	Casting Coordinator
	Sueko Numazawa	Production Accountant
	Naomi Yasu	Casting Coordinator
	Masako Fujita	Production Accountant
	Junya Saito	Production Assistant
	Nozomu Takahashi	Production Manager
	Hisayo Itou	Production Accountant
	Eiichiro Tashiro	Production Assistant
	Tamami Yamamoto	Production Accountant
	Eiko Fujitsu	Production Accountant

Edited By

	Takeshi Seyama	Editor
	Rie Matsubara	Assistant Editor
	Hiroaki Hirabayashi	Color Timer
	Megumi Uchida	Assistant Editor
	Kashiko Kimura	Assistant Editor

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

	Joe Hisaishi	Original Music Composer
	Toru Noguchi	Sound Effects
	Yuuichi Kaneko	Sound Recordist
	Yukio Hokari	Foley Artist
	Suminobu Hamada	Sound Recordist
	Naoto Takeshima	Sound Recordist
	Shuji Inoue	Sound
	Mizuki Ito	Foley Artist
	Youmi Kimura	Songs
	Kazuhiro Wakabayashi	Sound Director
	Mari Shinohara	Sound Recordist
	Masaya Kitada	Foley Artist
	Akihiko Okase	Foley Artist
	Mikio Mori	Dolby Consultant

Visual Effects

	Atsushi Tamura	Key Animation
	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
	Atsushi Shigeta	Key Animation
	Toshihiko Masuda	Key Animation
	Megumi Kagawa	Key Animation
	Eiji Yamamori	Key Animation
	Hideaki Yoshio	Key Animation
	Kenji Hachizaki	Key Animation
	Shigeru Kimishima	Key Animation
	Katsuya Yamada	Key Animation
	Kenji Yazaki	Key Animation
	Masafumi Yokota	Key Animation
	Michiyo Yasuda	Color Designer
	Kenichi Konishi	Key Animation
	Kenichi Yamada	Key Animation
	Mariko Matsuo	Key Animation
	Nobuyuki Takeuchi	Key Animation
	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
	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
	Yuuko Fujita	Animation

Camera

Atsushi Okui

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

	Yoji Takeshige	Art Direction
	Noboru Yoshida	Art Direction
	Hiroshi Iijima	Painter
	Keiko Itogawa	Background Designer
	Masahiro Kubota	Background Designer
	Naomi Kasugai	Background Designer
	Mitsuo Yoshino	Background Designer
	Yoichi Nishikawa	Background Designer
	Masatoshi Kai	Background Designer
	Junko Ina	Background Designer
	Masako Osada	Background Designer
	Kazuo Oga	Background Designer
	Junichi Taniguchi	Background Designer
	Naoya Tanaka	Background Designer
	Osamu Masuyama	Background Designer
	Yoshikazu Fukutome	Background Designer
	Ryouko Ina	Background Designer
	Sayaka Hirahara	Background Designer

Other Crew

	Chieko Tamura	Public Relations
	Nozomu Ito	Public Relations
	Junichi Nishioka	Public Relations
	Yumiko Ukai	Public Relations
	Chihiro Tsukue	Public Relations
	Noriyuki Kitakawachi	Information Systems Manager
	Satomi Sasaki	Information Systems Manager

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