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Howl's Moving Castle

ハウルの動く城

20041h 59mMovie

Original language: Japanese

“The two lived there.”

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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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  • Music & Sound avg 4.5

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  • IMDb

    10/10

  • Letterboxd

    5.0★

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    5.0★

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  • TMDB

    9.5/10

  • Trakt

    10/10

  • Metacritic (user)

    10/10

  • Percent

    95.5%

Cast

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Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writing
Diana Wynne Jones Hayao Miyazaki
Cinematography
Atsushi Okui
Music
Joe Hisaishi

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