Howl's Moving Castle is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones. It tells the story of Sophie, a young milliner who 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.
Sophie is a young woman with a knack for talking to inanimate objects.
A sorcerer with a reputation for stealing and eating the hearts of ladies.
A young orphan boy, taken in by Howl as an apprentice to magic.
A Fire Demon bound to his hearth by a contract with Howl.
They Say That The Best Blaze Burns The Brightest When Circumstances Are At Their Worst.—Shopie Hatter
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