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.
16 September 1924, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
3 April 1973, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
29 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 May 1935, Nagasaki, Japan
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18 July 1967, Hollywood, California, USA
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20 September 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
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29 June 1941, Tokyo, Japan
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December 08, 2014
[Miyazaki] may have made better films than Howl's Moving Castle, but it still exhibits his amazing imagination and astonishing detail.November 19, 2013
A strange delight awash in visual splendor, understated humor and clever body-and-soul transmogrifications among its bonny band of weirdos.November 18, 2013
A richly inventive and enchanting delight.November 19, 2013
What you get, above all, is some enchanting flashes of classic Miyazaki and the nagging sense that something essential is missing.October 18, 2008
A stunning example of a pure, disorienting dream logic that cinema provides all too rarely.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.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.December 08, 2014
It is so intriguing.November 19, 2013
What a moveable feast of delights.September 07, 2008
Palaces and shimmering lakes, warplanes and fire sprites all come to life at the breath of Miyazaki's graphic genius.