Film

Howl's Moving Castle 2004

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

  • Fantasy, Animation, Adventure
  • 119 min
  • PG

Love Comes First.

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.

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