Hauru no ugoku shiro (Howl’s Moving Castle)

Young Sophie is eighteen, and works tirelessly every day making hats in her deased father’s hat shop. One day, on a rare outing to town, Sophie accidentally encounters the Wizard Howl. Howl is dashingly handsome, yet as wizards go, he’s a bit of a wimp. The Witch of the Waste misinterprets the nature of the relationship between the two and casts a spell on Sophie, transforming her into a withered ninety-year-old woman. Sophie leaves home and wanders in the wasteland, where she enters Howl’s moving castle by chance. Hiding her true identity, she settles in as Howl’s live-in cleaning lady. Feisty old Sophie shakes the house up, with much more pep than she had as her original younger self. What will Sophie do, and what will happen between her and Howl? (filmaffinity.com)

Country   Japan

Year   2004

Duration   119 min.

Director   Hayao Miyazaki

Screenwriters   Hayao Miyazaki (Novel: Diana Wynne Jones)

Composer   Joe Hisaishi

Cast   Animation

Genre   Animation. Fantasy.

Rating (filmaffinity.com)   7,8

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