Howl's Moving Castle
- Name : Howl's Moving Castle
- Year : 2004
- Director : Hayao Miyazaki
- Producer : Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott, & Toshio Suzuki
- Writer : Hayao Miyazaki, & Diana Wynne Jones
- Cinematographer : Atsushi Okui
- Runtime : 119 minutes
- Release Date : November 20, 2004
- Genre : Animation | Adventure | Family
Movie Plot
Sophie, a diligent teenage girl working in her family's hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl. This innocent encounter engages the vain and conniving Witch of the Waste, who transforms into a 90-year-old woman. Sophie's efforts to break the curse bring her to Howl's magical moving castle, where she befriends Markl, Howl's apprentice, and the hot-headed fire demon Calcifer. Her love and support have a major impact on Howl, who can be maddeningly self-indulgent and singularly noble: He defies royal orders to participate in a meaningless war and risks his life to bring peace to the kingdom.




