Howl's Moving Castle (2005)

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PG | 1 hr 59 mins | Fantasy, Animated, Foreign | Now Playing |Box Office Total: $4.7M

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Synopsis:

Sophie, a diligent teenage girl working in her family's hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl. This innocent encounter engages the vain and conniving Witch of the Waste, who transforms into a 90-year-old woman. Sophie's efforts to break the curse bring her to Howl's magical moving castle, where she befriends Markl, Howl's apprentice, and the hot-headed fire demon Calcifer. Her love and support have a major impact on Howl, who can be maddeningly self-indulgent and singularly noble: He defies royal orders to participate in a meaningless war and risks his life to bring peace to the kingdom.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/10/2005

Director	Credit
Hayao Miyazaki	Director
Pete Docter	Director
Rick Dempsey	Director
Cast	Credit
Christian Bale	Howl
Chieko Baisho	Sophie Hatter
Jean Simmons	Grandma Sophie
Takuya Kimura	Howl
Akihiro Miwa	Witch of the Waste
Lauren Bacall	Wicked Witch of the Waste
Billy Crystal	Calcifer
Tatsuya Gashuin	Calcifer
Ryunosuke Kamiki	Markl
Blythe Danner	Madame Suliman
Emily Mortimer	Sophie
Mitsunori Isaki	Servant
Yo Oizumi	Prince Turnip
Josh Hutcherson	Markl
Akio Otsuka	King of Ingary
Daijiro Harada	Heen
Haruko Kato	Madam Suliman
Mari Devon	Honey
Crispin Freeman	Prince Turnip
Jena Malone	Lettie
Liliana Mumy	Madge
Mark Silverman	King Of Ingary
Production Credits	Credit
Seiji Okuda	Associate Producer
Toshio Suzuki	Producer
John Lasseter	Executive Producer
Rick Dempsey	Producer
Pete Docter	Executive Producer
Ryoichi Fukuyama	Associate Producer
Ned Lott	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Walt Disney Home Video	Production Company
NTV Network	Production Company
Studio Ghibli	Production Company
Toho Pictures	Production Company
Dentsu	Production Company
Mitsubishi	Production Company
Tokuma Shoten International	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Buena Vista Distribution Company	Domestic Theatrical Distributor Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Toho-Towa Company	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Buena Vista International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
IFDL	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Ghibli Studios, Japan
Writer	Credit
Diana Wynne Jones	Source Material
Cindy Davis Hewitt	Writer - English Language Adaptation
Reiko Yoshida	Screenplay
Donald Hewitt	Writer - English Language Adaptation
Hayao Miyazaki	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Yozi Takeshige	Art Director
Noboru Yoshida	Art Director
Casting	Credit
Ned Lott	Casting
Motohiro Hatanaka	Casting - Casting Coordination
Naomi Yasuda	Casting - Casting Coordination
Ayumi Sato	Casting - Casting Coordination
Film Camera	Credit
Atsushi Okui	Director of Photography
Junji Yabuta	Camera Operator - Digital Camera/Composite Operator
Michiyo Yasuda	Color - Color Designer
Wataru Takahashi	Camera Operator - Digital Camera/Composite Operator
Atsushi Tamura	Camera Operator - Digital Camera/Composite Operator
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Wild Bunch	Distribution Sales World Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Youmi Kimura	Theme Song
New Japan Philharmonic	Music Performer
Joe Hisaishi	Music Conductor
Noriko Takaya	Music - Harmony Treatment
Shuntaro Tanigawa	Theme Song
Production Management	Credit
Hiroyuki Watanabe	Production Manager
Kazumi Inaki	Post-Production
Cory Hansen	Post-Production Supervisor
Tamaki Kojyo	Post-Production
Noriko Tsushi	Post-Production
Sound	Credit
Kazuhiro Hayashi	Audio - Audio Director
Toru Noguchi	Sound Effects
Shuji Inoue	Sound Mixer
Shuji Inoue	Rerecording
Rick Dempsey	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Director
Michael Semanick	Rerecording Mixer
Ronald G Roumas	Sound Re-recordist
Pete Docter	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Director
Visual Effects	Credit
Akihiro Yamashita	Animator - Supervising Animator
Atsushi Okui	Digital Effects - Director of Digital Imaging
Kaoru Mano	Titles
Takeshi Inamura	Animator - Supervising Animator
Kitaro Kosaka	Animator - Supervising Animator
Mitsunori Kataama	Animator - Digital Animation Director
Atsuko Tanaka	Animator
Megumi Kagawa	Animator
Kenichi Yamada	Animator
Hideaki Yoshio	Animator
Eiji Yamamori	Animator
Kazuyoshi Onoda	Animator
Makiko Suzuki	Animator
Mariko Matsuo	Animator
Atsushi Tamura	Animator
Hiromasa Yonebayashi	Animator
Masashi Okumura	Animator
Masafumi Yokota	Animator
Masaru Matsuse	Animator
Makiko Futaki	Animator
Masako Shinohara	Animator
Katsuya Kondo	Animator
Sachiko Sugino	Animator
Hiroomi Yamakawa	Animator
Tsutomu Awada	Animator
Nobuyuki Takeuchi	Animator
Shigeru Kimishima	Animator
Hirofumi Masuda	Animator
Yoshihiro Osugi	Animator
Takashi Hashimoto	Animator
Toshihiko Masuda	Animator
Kenji Hachikazi	Animator
Yuichi Tanaka	Animator
Hideki Hamasu	Animator
Shinya Ohira	Animator
Kenichi Konishi	Animator
Atsushi Shigeta	Animator
Katsuya Yamada	Animator
Shinji Otsuka	Animator

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