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Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese: ハウルの動く城, Hepburn: Hauru no Ugoku Shiro) is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.It is loosely based on the 1986 novel by English author Diana Wynne Jones.
In later years he voiced characters in Hayao Miyazaki's internationally successful anime films Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle, and appeared in Takeshi Kitano's 2005 film Takeshis'. In March 2007, he performed the role of Empress Sisi in the play L'aigle à deux têtes by writer Jean Cocteau at Parco Theatre in Shibuya.
Takuya Kimura (Japanese: 木村 拓哉, Hepburn: Kimura Takuya, born November 13, 1972) is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia.
Before the initial release of “Howl’s Moving Castle” 20 years ago, Akihiko Yamashita spent nearly two years working as the supervising animator on the Studio Ghibli film. “I really have no ...
Nozomu Takahashi, producer of Howl's Moving Castle, had moved to Nippon TV and Saito approached the company through him. [26] The film was a further hit with 127 screens, an audience of 1.26 million and box-office revenue of 1.65 billion yen. [27] The film again won the Japan Academy Award for Animation of the Year in 2010. [28]
Chieko Baisho (倍賞 千恵子, Baishō Chieko, born June 29, 1941) is a Japanese actress and singer. [1] [2] In Japan, she is well known for her performance as Sakura in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series from 1969 until 1995. [2] In addition, she has acted in many films directed by Yōji Yamada since the 1960s.
Ryunosuke Kamiki (神木 隆之介, Kamiki Ryūnosuke, born May 19, 1993) is a Japanese actor. Starting his career as a child prodigy, he has garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards for his performances across 25 years in the industry.
In the same year, Bale voiced the titular Howl, a wizard, in the English-language dub of Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle, a Japanese animated film adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones's novel of the same name. [70] He committed himself to voice the role after watching Miyazaki's animated film Spirited Away. [71]