Genre: Fantasy and
Adventure
Director: Miyazaki Hayao
Writer: Miyazaki Hayao
& Diana Wynne Jones (Novel)
Cinematographer: Okui
Atsushi
Editor: Seyama Takeshi
Music by: Joe Hisaishi
After meeting the wizard Howl,
Sophie receives a curse from the jealous Witch of the Waste which causes her to
change into an old woman. Sophie works to break her curse as she becomes the
cleaning lady of Howl's Moving Castle.
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Another piece from Studio
Ghibli, several people who worked on other Ghibli films worked on 'Howl's
Moving Castle'. It's a wonderful film with lovable characters and amazing
artwork which brings the characters and the scenery to life. Several
well-known actors from the Japanese Entertainment and American Entertainment
voice in this film.
I, personally, relate to Sophie as
she's not confident in herself and prefers her own company. Through the film,
you see Sophie change from her old self to her younger self when she's asleep,
confident, and emotional. She fights to help Howl and the fire demon, Calcifer,
break their own curse. When you first see Howl, he brings Sophie in him running away from
Witch of the Waste's goons, then we continue to see Howl running away through
the film till he decides to fight for Sophie. The Moving Castle
represents Howl as the castle is a powerful structure, but quite messy on the
outside and inside as Howl's bathroom is full of mess.
Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones
which is also called, Howl's Moving Castle (1986). Like many
novels, there are extra details that you will find out if you read the book,
but I think they did a well adaptation of the film that fits most of the key
parts of the stories. The love story between Howl and Sophie always touch my
heart~ You can look at other blogs where they go in detail the difference
between the film and the novel if you would like to found out. Like how Sophie
has two sisters, and that she finds out she's actually a witch; which would
explain some of the plots that happen in the film with Sophie being able to
transfer back to her younger self when she's happy, confident, or emotional.
The soundtrack from 'Howl's Moving
Castle' is one of my favorite soundtracks in Ghibli films. It's always a
calming feeling which help give extra emotion to the scenes. Definitely suggest
watching the film to understand my love of the soundtrack~
'Howl's Moving Castle' is a lovable film with
several themes such as love, action, magic, and family.
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