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Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle

8,4 /10 (11,049 Votes)
2004 JA 119 min

Overview

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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Release date

09/09/2004

Votes

11,049

Popularity

23.2

The two lived there.

Status

Released

Original title

ハウルの動く城

Language

JA

Runtime

119 min

Budget

$24,000,000

Revenue

$236,049,757

Website

gkids.com

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Andres Gomez

2013-11-26

⭐ 9

Really good movie staging in a fictional center European country. The drawings are great and the story is as delicate as any other from Miyazaki.

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-09-04

⭐ 8

Certainly my favourite Miyazaki film. The animations are a touch angular, but colourfully and stylishly depict this story of a beautiful young girl who is cursed by an evil witch. In despair, she sets off, directionless, from home and comes across "Howl" and his moving castle - and the sprite "Calcifer". She begins a journey of discovery - about herself as much as anything. "Howl" - the ultimate free spirit is also facing down demons of his own that he is struggling to reconcile with. "Calcifer" provides the conduit for them to get to better understand each other and also much of the humour as…

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