
Howl’s Moving Castle
Director: Hayao Miyazaki Run Time: 119 min. Release Year: 2004 Language: Japanese
Starring: Akihiro Miwa, Chieko Baisho, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin
Screening as part of Studio Ghibli Festival, in partnership with the Vecino Center for Language and Culture. Purchase the $35 pass to attend both screenings and the optional conversation hour in between, with food from Sushi Rose available for purchase.
$15 single tickets are also available for one screening admittance.
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.
“Miyazaki’s films require a conscious investment of attention; you have to immerse yourself in them, and soon you will find yourself floating, buoyed up by his gentleness, his visual exuberance, and his unshowy intelligence and emotional literacy. It is a lovely film for all ages.” ~ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian