Japan,
2004, 118 min
Directed by:
Hayao MiyazakiScreenplay:
Hayao MiyazakiCinematography:
Atsushi OkuiCast:
Takuya Kimura, 倍賞千恵子, Akio Ōtsuka, Ryūnosuke Kamiki, 大泉洋, Shigeyuki Totsugi, 美輪明宏, 加藤治子, Makoto Yasumura, Mayuno Yasokawa, Seiji Sasaki, Keiko Tsukamoto (more)VOD (1)
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Howl's Moving Castle follows the story of young Sophie Hatter, a bookworm, the eldest of three daughters, a girl doomed to an uninteresting life as a hat maker. Sophie resigns herself to her boring fate, but fate has other plans for her. Cursed by the Witch of the Waste with the body of a 90-year-old woman, she finds her way to the moving castle inhabited by the wizard Howl, said by all to eat the souls of young girls. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2006 - Hayao Miyazaki (Best Animated Feature)
Hong Kong Film Awards
- 2006 - Best Film of Mainland and Taiwan
Critics Choice Awards
- 2006 - Best Animated Feature
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2005 - Joe Hisaishi, Yumi Kimura (Best Music Score)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2005 - Best Animated Film
The Saturn Awards
- 2006 - Best Animated Film
Venice Film Festival
- 2004 - Golden Osella - Outstanding Technical Contribution
- 2004 - Hayao Miyazaki (Golden Lion for Best Film)
Sitges Film Festival
- 2004 - Hayao Miyazaki (Audience Award Best Motion Picture)