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Howls Moving Castle [Audio: Eng]
The 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film follows series of misadventures for Sophie at her late father's hat shop, but all that changes when she befriends wizard Howl.
















29 September 1981, USA

30 January 1974, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

1 December 1971, London, England, UK

29 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA

17 March 1977, Tokyo, Japan


10 December 1950, Tokyo, Japan


12 October 1992, Union, Kentucky, USA

16 April 1994, San Marcos, California, USA

31 August 1962, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

31 January 1929, Crouch Hill, London, England, UK
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December 08, 2014
It is so intriguing.
September 07, 2008
Palaces and shimmering lakes, warplanes and fire sprites all come to life at the breath of Miyazaki's graphic genius.
November 18, 2013
A richly inventive and enchanting delight.
December 08, 2014
A floatingly delightful fairytale with its heart set on repealing the law of gravity.
December 08, 2014
Howl's Moving Castle is Japanese and anime, and therefore automatically more artistic than its US counterparts. The right cultural cachet gives you a lot of leeway.
December 08, 2014
There is little of the magic and Japanese flavour of such Miyazaki masterpieces as Spirited Away.
November 19, 2013
What a moveable feast of delights.
December 08, 2014
Like Tiepolo, Miyazaki is a winged artist who flies in his own space, taking gravity with him. He can put us into a childish stupor of anticipation, then satisfaction. His vision is so free that it captivates.
November 19, 2013
A strange delight awash in visual splendor, understated humor and clever body-and-soul transmogrifications among its bonny band of weirdos.
October 18, 2008
A stunning example of a pure, disorienting dream logic that cinema provides all too rarely.
November 19, 2013
What you get, above all, is some enchanting flashes of classic Miyazaki and the nagging sense that something essential is missing.
December 08, 2014
[Miyazaki] may have made better films than Howl's Moving Castle, but it still exhibits his amazing imagination and astonishing detail.