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Howl's Moving Castle

Film · 2004 · Hayao Miyazaki, Diana Wynne Jones, Studio Ghibli

A young hatmaker cursed into old age takes refuge in the walking castle of a vain, frightened wizard.

Type

Film

Released

2004

Director

Hayao Miyazaki, Diana Wynne Jones, Studio Ghibli

Length

119 min · One sitting

Original title

ハウルの動く城

Rated

MPA PG

Critics' average

82/100 across 4 published scores

Genres

Animation · Fantasy · Anime · Fairy tale · Anti-war · Romance

What it feels like

Love & connection · Identity & selfhood · War & its human cost · Whimsical · Sense of wonder · Comforting

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Connected stories

• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: Spirited Away (2001)
• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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