Howl's Moving Castle: Info and Credits

TitleHowl's Moving Castle
Japanese Titleハウルの動く城
Japanese Title (Romanized)Hauru no ugoku shiro
Release Date2004
RatedG
Duration1 hr 59 min


CharacterEnglishJapanese
Sophie HatterJean Simmons (Grandma)


Emily Mortimer (Young)
Chieko Baisho
HowlChristian Bale
Takuya Kimura
CalciferBilly Crystal
Tatsuya Gashuin
MarklJosh Hutcherson
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Witch of the WasteLauren Bacall
Akihiro Miwa
Madame SulimanBlythe Danner
Haruko Kato
Scarecrow Prince (Turnip)Crispin Freeman
Yo Oizumi
The KingMark SilvermanAkio Otsuka
LettieJena Malone
???
HeenDaijiro Harada
Daijiro Harada
Honey (Sophie's Mother)Mari Devon???
MadgeLiliana Mumy
???


Production Credits

DirectorHayao Miyazaki
Director (US)Pete Docter, Rick Dempsey
Original WorkDiana Wynne Jones
Screenplay (JP)Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay and Adaptation (US)Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt, Jim Hubbert
Executive ProducersHayao Miyazaki, John Lasseter (US)
ProducersTomohiko Ishii, Toshio Suzuki
Producers (US)Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott
Original MusicJoe Hisaishi
Theme SongYoumi Kimura ("Sekai no Yakusoku")
Casting (US)Ned Lott
CinematographyAtsushi Okui
EditingTakeshi Seyama
Production ManagerNozomu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Watanabe
Art DirectorYoji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida
Audio DirectorKazuhiro Hayashi
Sound EffectsToru Noguchi
Supervising AnimatorAkihiko Yamashita, Takeshi Inamura, Kitaro Kosaka