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Howl's Moving Castle ()

Hauru no ugoku shiro (original title)
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When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 19 nominations.
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Cast

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Sofî (voice)
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Hauru (voice)
Akihiro Miwa ...
Arechi no Majo (voice)
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Karushifâ (voice)
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Marukuru (voice) (as Ryûnosuke Kamiki)
Mitsunori Isaki ...
Koshô (voice)
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Kakashi no Kabu (voice)
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Kokuô (voice)
Daijirô Harada ...
Hin (voice)
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Sariman (voice)
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Grandma Sophie (voice)
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Howl (voice)
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Witch of the Waste (voice)
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Madame Suliman (voice)
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Young Sophie (voice)
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Markl (voice)
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Calcifer (voice)
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Lettie (voice)
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Prince Turnip (voice)
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King (voice)
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Honey (voice)
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Madge (voice)
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Holly Dorff ...
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(voice) (as Iake Eissinmann)
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Christina MacGregor ...
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Peter Renaday ...
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Heen (voice)
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Madame Suliman (voice)
Cornelia Dahlgren ...
Lettie (voice)
Rui de Sá ...
Bruxa do Nada (voice)
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Calcifer (voice)
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Howl (voice)
Yayoi Kazuki ...
Lettie (voice) (as Kayako Tsuzuki)
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Sophie (voice)
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Student (voice)
Manabu Muraji ...
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João Secundino ...
Markl (voice)
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Cabeça de Nabo (voice)
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(voice) (as Shigeyuki Sato)
Mayuno Yasokawa ...
Honey (voice)
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Soldier (voice)
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Directed by

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Hayao Miyazaki

Written by

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Hayao Miyazaki ... (screenplay)
 
Diana Wynne Jones ... (novel "Howl's Moving Castle") (as Daiana Win Jônzu)

Produced by

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Rick Dempsey ... producer
Tomohiko Ishii ... assistant producer
John Lasseter ... executive producer
Ned Lott ... producer
Hayao Miyazaki ... executive producer
Toshio Suzuki ... producer

Music by

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Joe Hisaishi

Cinematography by

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Atsushi Okui ... director of photography

Editing by

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Takeshi Seyama

Editorial Department

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Chris DeLaGuardia ... color timer
Hiroaki Hirabayashi ... color timer
Takehisa Katsumata ... lab management
Kashiko Kimura ... assistant editor
Rie Matsubara ... assistant editor (as Rie Matsuhara)
Megumi Uchida ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Ned Lott

Art Direction by

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Yôji Takeshige
Noboru Yoshida

Production Management

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Pawel Araszkiewicz ... production associate (as Pawel Araszkewicz)
David Candiff ... post-production manager
Ryôichi Fukuyama ... executive production manager (as Ryoichi Fukuyama)
Cory Hansen ... post-production supervisor
Seiji Okuda ... executive production manager
Nozomu Takahashi ... production manager
Hiroyuki Watanabe ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ryôsuke Kiyokawa ... assistant director (as Ryosuke Kiyokawa)
Yosuke Toba ... assistant director

Art Department

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Kôhei Endô ... color management system
Wataru Matsumoto ... color management system
Fumiko Numahata ... color key
Kanako Takayanagi ... color key
Kazuko Yamada ... color key
Tetsuya Yamai ... color management system
Michiyo Yasuda ... color designer

Sound Department

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Atsushi Aikawa ... DTS mastering
Panos Asimenios ... dubbing mixer
Petra Bach ... supervising adr editor: English version
Mariko Chikada ... DTS mastering
Randy Coppinger ... adr recordist: English version
Suminobu Hamada ... sound recording engineer
Yukio Hokari ... foley artist
Takeshi Imaizumi ... dialogue recordist
Kazumi Inaki ... post-production sound
Shuji Inoue ... sound
Mizuki Ito ... foley artist (as Mizuki Itou)
Michihiko Iwana ... dialogue recordist
Bobby Johanson ... adr recordist: English version
Tooru Kadokura ... dialogue recordist
Doc Kane ... sound: english version
Yûichi Kaneko ... sound recordist: ABACO Creative Studio (as Yuuichi Kaneko)
Hiromi Kimura ... sound effects assistant
Masaya Kitada ... foley artist
Tamaki Kojô ... post-production sound (as Tamaki Kojo)
William Komar ... adr recordist: English version
Shinohara Mary ... sound recordist: ABACO Creative Studio (as Mari Shinohara)
Jirô Miyazawa ... dialogue recordist (as Jiro Miyazawa)
Kazuaki Narita ... sound effects assistant
Noboru Nishio ... digital optical recordist
Tôru Noguchi ... sound effects
Akihiko Okase ... foley artist
Alberto Ovejero ... dubbing mixer
Brandon Proctor ... sound mix technician: English version
Gene Radzik ... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Ronald G. Roumas ... sound re-recordist: English version
Michael Semanick ... re-recording mixer: English version
Naoto Takeshima ... sound recordist: TOHO Sound Studio
Noriko Tsushi ... post-production sound
Futoshi Ueda ... optical sound recordist
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi ... sound director (as Kazuhiro Hayashi)
Nobue Yoshinaga ... sound production

Visual Effects by

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Masafumi Inoue ... cg engineer
Tatsuko Ishii ... digital animator
Masaru Karube ... digital animator
Susumu Masuuchi ... digital animator
Tomoka Matsumura ... digital animator
Norihiko Miyoshi ... digital animator
Tsutomu Nomoto ... digital animator
Miki Satô ... digital animator (as Miki Sato)
Yôichi Senzui ... digital animator (as Yoichi Senzui)
Ichiro Uehara ... digital animator
Hiroki Yamada ... digital animator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Mikio Mori ... consultant: dolby film
Wataru Takahashi ... digital photographer
Atsushi Tamura ... digital photographer
Junji Yabuta ... digital photographer (as Junji Yubata)

Animation Department

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Akihiko Adachi ... inbetween animator
Tsutomu Awada ... key animator (as Tsutomu Awata)
Seiko Azuma ... inbetween animator
Kaori Fujii ... assistant animation checker
Maya Fujimori ... inbetween animator
Youko Fujioka ... digital ink and paint artist
Yûko Fujita ... inbetween animator (as Yuuko Fujita)
Yoshikazu Fukutome ... background artist
Daisuke Furuya ... inbetween animator
Makiko Futaki ... key animator
Kenji Hachizaki ... key animator (as Kenji Yazaki) / key animator
Hideki Hamasu ... key animator (as Hideki Hamazu)
Takashi Hashimoto ... key animator
Yoshie Hayashi ... inbetween animator
Sayaka Hirahara ... background artist
Takeshi Hiramatsu ... inbetween animator
Shunsuke Hirota ... inbetween animator
Waka Hirota ... inbetween animator
Akira Hosogaya ... inbetween animator
Hiroshi Iijima ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio
Junko Ina ... background artist
Ryôko Ina ... background artist (as Ryouko Ina)
Takeshi Inamura ... animation director (as Takeshi Imamura)
Hiroaki Ishii ... digital ink and paint artist
Kunitoshi Ishii ... inbetween animator
Keiko Itogawa ... background artist
Kaori Itou ... inbetween animator
Yoshitake Iwakami ... inbetween animator
Sumie Iwata ... inbetween animator
Emiko Iwayanagi ... inbetween animator
Megumi Kagawa ... key animator (as Ai Kagawa)
Masatoshi Kai ... background artist
Tsutomu Kaichi ... inbetween animator
Yukiko Kakinuma ... inbetween animator
Junko Kanauchi ... digital ink and paint artist: Trace Studio M
Yukie Kaneko ... inbetween animator
Masashi Karino ... inbetween animator
Naomi Kasugai ... background artist
Mitsunori Katâma ... digital animation director
Fumie Kawamata ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio
Shigeru Kimishima ... key animator
Haruna Kiryû ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio (as Haruna Kiryu)
Yumiko Kitajima ... inbetween animator
Mayumi Kitamura ... inbetween animator
Yasuyuki Kitazawa ... inbetween animator
Katsuya Kondô ... animation supervisor / key animator
Rie Kondô ... inbetween animator
Ken'ichi Konishi ... key animator
Fumie Konno ... inbetween animator
Masahiro Kubota ... background artist
Akane Kumakura ... digital ink and paint artist
Kitarô Kôsaka ... animation director (as Kitaro Kosaka)
Daisuke Makino ... inbetween animator
Kiyoko Makita ... inbetween animator
Hirofumi Masuda ... key animator (as Hiroshi Masuda)
Toshihiko Masuda ... key animator
Osamu Masuyama ... background artist
Tetsuaki Matsuda ... inbetween animator
Mariko Matsuo ... key animator
Masaru Matsuse ... key animator
Atsuko Matsushita ... inbetween animator
Osamu Miwa ... inbetween animator
Tomoko Miyata ... inbetween animator
Ayako Mori ... inbetween animator
Naomi Mori ... digital ink and paint artist
Kazuo Nagai ... background artist
Masako Nagata ... background artist
Rie Nakagome ... animation checker
Hiroaki Nakajima ... inbetween animator
Hideo Nakamura ... inbetween animator
Katsutoshi Nakamura ... inbetween animator
Masami Nakanishi ... inbetween animator
Yôhei Nakano ... inbetween animator
Mai Nakazato ... inbetween animator
Kumi Nanjô ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio (as Kumi Nanjo)
Sumie Nishido ... inbetween animator
Hiromi Nishikawa ... inbetween animator
Yôichi Nishikawa ... background artist
Mitsu Noguchi ... inbetween animator
Kazuo Oga ... background artist
Rie Okada ... digital ink and paint artist
Masashi Okumura ... key animator
Fumino Okura ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio
Kazuyoshi Onoda ... key animator
Makoto Oohara ... inbetween animator
Akihiro Oyama ... digital ink and paint artist
Kiyoko Saitô ... digital ink and paint artist
Masaya Saitô ... assistant animation checker
Saho Saitô ... inbetween animator (as Saho Saito)
Masako Sakano ... clean-up and inbetween artist
Chikako Sasagawa ... inbetween animator
Hiromi Sasaki ... inbetween animator
Yuuko Sasaki ... inbetween animator
Masako Satô ... inbetween animator (as Masako Sato)
Tsutomu Shibutani ... inbetween animator
Atsushi Shigeta ... key animator
Akiko Shimizu ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio
Masayuki Shimizu ... inbetween animator
Keisuke Shimohira ... inbetween animator
Masako Shinohara ... key animator
Yumiko Suehiro ... inbetween animator
Takahiro Sugawara ... inbetween animator
Sachiko Sugino ... key animator
Ayano Suzuki ... inbetween animator
Makiko Suzuki ... key animator
Mariko Suzuki ... assistant animation checker
Masashi Suzuki ... digital animator: Gonzo Digitmation
Hiromi Takahashi ... digital ink and paint artist
Kanako Takahashi ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio
Kentarô Takahashi ... digital animator: T2 Studio
Moyo Takahashi ... inbetween animator
Yôhei Takamatsu ... background artist (as Yohei Takamatsu)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi ... key animator
Atsushi Tamura ... key animator
Setsuya Tanabe ... inbetween animator
Atsuko Tanaka ... key animator
Naoya Tanaka ... background artist
Yukie Tanaka ... digital ink and paint artist
Yûichi Tanaka ... key animator (as Yuichi Tanaka)
Jun'ichi Taniguchi ... background artist
Kumiko Tanihira ... inbetween animator
Hitomi Tateno ... animation checker
Kumiko Terada ... inbetween animator
Akiko Teshima ... inbetween animator
Akiko Toba ... inbetween animator
Yayoi Toki ... inbetween animator (as Yoyoi Toki)
Kaori Tokunaga ... inbetween animator
Keiko Tomizawa ... inbetween animator
Masashi Toriyama ... digital animator: T2 Studio
Jinko Tsuji ... inbetween animator
Ryûji Uchida ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio (as Ryuji Uchida)
Kimitoshi Ueno ... inbetween animator
Yukari Umebayashi ... inbetween animator
Satoe Usui ... inbetween animator
Yôichi Watanabe ... background artist (as Youichi Watanabe)
Alexandra Weihrauch ... inbetween animator
Hisako Yaji ... inbetween animator
Katsuya Yamada ... key animator
Ken'ichi Yamada ... key animator
Shin'ichirô Yamada ... inbetween animator (as Shinichiro Yamada)
Yukinobu Yamada ... inbetween animator
Hirômi Yamakawa ... key animator
Eiji Yamamori ... key animator
Rie Yamamoto ... inbetween animator
Akihiko Yamashita ... animation director
Masakiyo Yamashita ... inbetween animator
Yukari Yamaura ... inbetween animator
Kikuyo Yano ... background artist
Masafumi Yokota ... key animator
Yuki Yokoyama ... digital ink and paint artist: T2 Studio
Hiromasa Yonebayashi ... key animator
Mitsuo Yoshino ... background artist
Hideaki Yoshio ... key animator
Minoru Ôhashi ... inbetween animator (as Minoru Ohashi)
Shin'ya Ôhira ... key animator
Takashi Ômori ... background artist (as Takashi Omori)
Mayumi Ômura ... inbetween animator (as Mayumi Ohmura)
Yoshihiro Ôsugi ... key animator (as Yoshihiro Oosugi)
Kumiko Ôta ... inbetween animator (as Kumiko Ohta)
Shinji Ôtsuka ... key animator (as Shinji Otsuka)
Hiroko Ôtsuki ... digital ink and paint artist: Trace Studio M (as Hiroko Otsuki)

Casting Department

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Motohiro Hatanaka ... casting coordinator
Ayumi Sato ... casting coordinator
Naomi Yasu ... casting coordinator

Music Department

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Joe Hisaishi ... music arranger: "Sekai no Yakusoku"
Yumi Kimura ... composer: theme song "Sekai no Yakusoku" (as Youmi Kimura)
Simon Rhodes ... music mixing: English version

Additional Crew

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Stephen Alpert ... overseas promotion
Kino Arai ... production committee: Disney Enterprises
Shôkichi Arai ... production administration (as Shokichi Arai)
Kôichi Asano ... merchandising development (as Koichi Asano)
Naomi Atsuta ... merchandising development
Takehiko Chino ... production committee: Dentsu
Cindy Davis ... adaptation: English version (as Cindy Davis Hewitt)
Rick Dempsey ... dialogue director
Pete Docter ... dialogue director: English version
Manuel Díaz Tufinio ... latin spanish voice dubbing: Markl
Masako Fujita ... production accountant
Eiko Fujitsu ... production accountant
Mieko Hara ... advertising: Major
Donald H. Hewitt ... adaptation: English version
Hiroaki Hirabayashi ... film development
Fumihiro Hirai ... production committee: NTV
Mayumi Hirakata ... production committee: NTV
Kôji Hoshino ... production committee: BVHE
Akio Ichimura ... production accountant
Tomomi Imai ... merchandising development
Kenji Imura ... production assistant
Tôru Itabashi ... production committee: Disney Enterprises
Keiichi Itagaki ... film preview production
Hisayo Itou ... production accountant
Kyôhei Itô ... production assistant (as Kyohei Ito)
Nozomu Itô ... public relations (as Nozomu Ito)
Rieko Izutsu ... overseas promotion
Daisuke Kadoya ... production committee: NTV
Emi Kagawa ... advertising: Major
Atsushi Kamimura ... production desk
Yasushi Kanno ... advertising: Major
Toshiyuki Kawabata ... production administration desk
Takehisa Kawamata ... laboratory manager
Noriyuki Kitakawachi ... systems manager
Michiyo Koyanagi ... advertising: Major
Ned Lott ... Additional Voice Director
Kaoru Mano ... titles
Takeyoshi Matsushita ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten
David Midthunder ... voices
Sanae Mitsugi ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten
Yûichirô Mochizuki ... production desk (as Yuichiro Mochizuki)
Nao Morisaki ... overseas promotion
Ai Nakanishi ... advertising: Major
Yoshiaki Nishimura ... production administration
Jun'ichi Nishioka ... public relations (as Junichi Nishioka)
Shinsuke Nonaka ... chief of production administration
Sueko Numazawa ... production accountant
Naoto Okamura ... advertising: Major
Hiroyuki Orihara ... advertising: Major
Kristy Ryan ... promotions manager: Australia
Jun'ya Saitô ... production assistant (as Junya Saito)
Vincenzo Sarno ... Promotion Manager related to the Original Novel: italy
Satomi Sasaki ... systems manager
Yûji Shimamoto ... production committee: Dentsu
Yûko Shimura ... laboratory coordinator
Nobuko Shiraki ... production administration
Satoshi Takabatake ... background layout assistant
Noriko Takaya ... harmony process
Mikiko Takeda ... overseas promotion
Chieko Tamura ... public relations
Chiyoshi Tanaka ... production desk
Eiichirô Tashiro ... production assistant (as Eiichiro Tashiro)
Masaya Tokuyama ... special media advisor
Masaru Tsuchiya ... advertising: Major
Kiyoko Tsuge ... production accountant
Chihiro Tsukue ... public relations
Seiichirô Ujiie ... production committee: NTV
Yumiko Ukai ... public relations
Morikazu Wakizaka ... advertising: Major
Mika Watanabe ... advertising: Major
Masaru Yabe ... special media advisor
Tamami Yamamoto ... production accountant
Mika Yasuda ... merchandising development
Shinjirô Yokoyama ... production committee: Dentsu (as Shinjiro Yokoyama)
Masahiko Ôsawa ... production committee: NTV

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

With her country's peace constantly under threat, Sophie, a lively but unloved milliner, catches the attention of an unexpected defender. But as the wide-eyed damsel in distress crosses paths with handsome Howl, a talented young magician with excess emotional baggage, a fit of jealousy turns the hat maker's world upside down forever. Now, stained by the indelible mark of the wicked Witch of the Waste, Sophie must move mountains to break the pitiless spell, including facing her fears and the mysterious sorcerer. However, has anyone ever set foot in Howl's impenetrable home, a walking wonder powered by a fiery heart, and lived to tell the tale? Written by Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords
Taglines This castle moves. See more »
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Also Known As
  • ハウルの動く城 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Howl's Moving Castle (Asia, English title)
  • Hauru No Ugoku Shiro (India, English title)
  • Howl's Moving Castle (Thailand, English title)
  • Howl's Moving Castle (Philippines, English title)
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Runtime
  • 119 min
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Box Office

Budget $24,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Japan JPY1,444,469,305, 21 Nov 2004
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $235,184,110

Did You Know?

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Trivia Upon seeing Spirited Away (2001), Christian Bale immediately agreed to play any role in this film. He didn't expect to get the titular role. See more »
Goofs Sophie's top ribbon doesn't always reappear when she transforms back into her younger self. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017). See more »
Soundtracks Sekai no Yakusoku See more »
Quotes Howl: I feel terrible, like there's a weight on my chest.
Young Sophie: A heart's a heavy burden.
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