Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Japanese; Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuyan Gashuin, Ryûnosuke Kamiki
English; Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Billy Crystal
Synopsis: Sophie is a young girl working in her mother’s shop making hats. That is until a chance encounter with the wizard Howl turns her world upside down. Upon returning home from this meeting she meets the Witch of the Waste, herself desperate to find Howl. The witch casts a spell on Sophie aging her to a very old woman, and even worse, she is unable to tell anyone about the spell.
