
Castle in the Sky(1986)
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.


“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.

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)

Daijirō Harada
Heen (voice)

Haruko Katō
Madame Suliman (voice)
Howl's Moving Castle is a fantasy, animation, adventure film released in 2004 exploring themes of witch, flying, rain, castle, scarecrow, body exchange. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, it stars Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa. 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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