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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 82/100. Every source lands within 6 points of the others, across 11,000 audience votes. Scores higher than 98% of the 613 2000s fantasy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic82/100
11,453 audience votes
Key crew
- Hayao MiyazakiScreenplay
- Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer
- Hayao MiyazakiDirector
Cast
- Chieko BaishoSophie (voice)
- Takuya KimuraHowl (voice)
- Akihiro MiwaWitch of the Waste (voice)
- Tatsuya GashuinCalcifer (voice)
- Ryunosuke KamikiMarkl (voice)
- Mitsunori IsakiKosho (voice)
- Yo OizumiPrince Justin / Turnip Head (voice)
- Akio OtsukaKing of Ingary (voice)
- Daijirō HaradaHeen (voice)
- Haruko KatōMadame Suliman (voice)
- Makoto Yasumura(voice)
- Manabu Muraji(voice)
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