Howl's moving castle

Resource Information

The work Howl's moving castle represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lewisville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Howl's moving castle

Statement of responsibility

Walt Disney Studios presents ; Studio Ghibli ; Tokuma Shoten/Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitshubishi, and Toho present ; screenplay written by Hayao Miyazaki ; production, Sutdio Ghibli ; producer, Toshio Suzuki ; director, Hayao Miyazaki

Creator

• Hauru no ugoku shiro.

Contributor

• Suzuki, Toshio, 1948 August 19-
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha
• Tokuma Shoten
• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Walt Disney Productions
• Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014
• Bale, Christian, 1974-
• Crystal, Billy.
• Danner, Blythe.
• Dempsey, Rick.
• Docter, Pete
• Hisaishi, Jō, 1950-
• Hutcherson, Josh.
• Jones, Diana Wynne
• Lott, Ned.
• Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941-
• Mortimer, Emily.
• Okui, Atsushi.
• Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010.

Actor

• Bale, Christian, 1974-
• Danner, Blythe.
• Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010.
• Mortimer, Emily.
• Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014
• Hutcherson, Josh.
• Crystal, Billy.

Cinematographer

• Okui, Atsushi.

Composer

• Hisaishi, Jō, 1950-

Director

• Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941-

Producer

• Suzuki, Toshio, 1948 August 19-
• Lott, Ned.
• Dempsey, Rick.

Subject

• Witches -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Wizards -- Juvenile drama
• Wizards -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Juvenile drama

Language

• jpn
• eng
• fre
• eng
• jpn
• jpn

Summary

A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise to help each other with their problems. Like Calcifer, Howl can also see through the Witch's spell, and he and Sophie fall in love. Sophie helps Howl confront his former teacher, and the Witch of the Waste

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• Director of photography, Atsuchi Okui ; art directors, Yôji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Joe Hisaishi ; key animators, Makiko Futaki ... [et al.]
• U.S. production: producers, Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott ; directors, Peter Docter, Rick Dempsey ; English language adaptation, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald J. Hewitt

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG; for frightening images and brief mild language

Language note

In Japanese, dubbed English, or dubbed French with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.H38 2006

PerformerNote

Voices (English): Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal

Runtime

119

Target audience

general

Technique

animation