Movie Info

Howl's Moving Castle

Sophie (Emily Mortimer) has an uneventful life at her late father's hat shop, but all that changes when she befriends wizard Howl (Christian Bale), who lives in a magical flying castle. However, the evil Witch of Waste (Lauren Bacall) takes issue with their budding relationship and casts a spell on young Sophie, which ages her prematurely. Now Howl must use all his magical talents to battle the jealous hag and return Sophie to her former youth and beauty.

• Genre: Fantasy   Anime  

• Original Language: Japanese

• Director: Hayao Miyazaki

• Producer: Toshio Suzuki

• Writer: Hayao Miyazaki

• Release Date (Theaters): Jun 10, 2005 wide

• Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2019

• Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7M

• Runtime: 1h 59m

• Distributor: Hayao Miyazaki

• Production Co: Studio Ghibli Walt Disney Pictures

• Sound Mix: SDDS

• Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

CAST & CREW

Jean Simmons

Christian Bale

Lauren Bacall

Blythe Danner

Emily Mortimer

Josh Hutcherson