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Do you like Japanese or drawn animation? Or do you like to find out things about curious objects? If you do then Howl's moving castle is a MUST watch for you! This film is all family friendly so the whole family can watch this great film!

This film is a 2004 masterpiece was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho. Billy Crystal plays Calcifer, Christian Bale plays Wizard Howl, Emily Mortimer plays young Sophie Hatter, Jean Simmons plays Grandma Sophie,Lauren Bacall plays the Wicked witch of Waste, these characters are the main. The creators of these characters are Diana Wynne Jones an amazing artist.

Sophie has an eventful life at her father's old hat shop, but all that changes all because of a wizard named Howl, who lives in a mysterious and suspicious moving castle ( it is obvious because the title has ' moving castle' in it) to hide away for a hag. However, the sly and evil Witch of Waste takes issue with their relationship and casts an unfortunate spell of making young Sophie with an old age spell. Howl must use all of his power and magical talents to battle and hopefully beat the jealous old hag and return Sophie to her formal young , youth and beauty. Will Howl's plan to defeat the witch be successful or will it all collapse? Watch this mysterious film to find out more about the independence and development of these characters.