Howl's Moving Castle DVD 2004 A Vándorló palota (ハウルの動く城) / Directed by Hayao Miyazaki / Starring: Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa

UPC 5998133160430

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN Germany

AUDIO: Japanese 5.1, Hungarian 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian

Total Runtime: 115 minutes

CONDITION OF DVD IS USED - VERY GOOD

English Summary:

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. The film is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho. The Japanese voice cast featured Chieko Baisho and Takuya Kimura, while the version dubbed in English starred Jean Simmons, Emily Mortimer, Lauren Bacall and Christian Bale.

The story is set in a fictional kingdom where both magic and early 20th-century technology are prevalent, against the backdrop of a war with another kingdom. The film tells the story of a young, content milliner named Sophie after she is turned into an old 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, a young milliner, encounters a wizard named Howl on her way to visit her sister Lettie. Upon returning home, she meets the Witch of the Waste, who transforms her into a ninety-year-old woman. Seeking to break the curse, Sophie leaves home and sets off through the countryside. She meets a living scarecrow, whom she calls "Turnip Head". He leads her to Howl's moving castle, where she enters without invitation. She subsequently meets Howl's young apprentice Markl and a fire demon named Calcifer, who is the source of the castle's magic and movement. When Howl appears, Sophie announces that Calcifer has hired her as a cleaning lady.

Meanwhile, Sophie's nation is caught up in a war with a neighboring kingdom, who is searching for their missing prince. The King summons Howl to fight in the war. However, Howl decides to send Sophie to the King (under the pretense of being his mother) to tell him that Howl is too much of a coward to fight. Before leaving, he gives Sophie a charmed ring that leads her to Calcifer. Sophie meets Suliman, the king's advisor and also the Witch of the Waste, whom Suliman punishes by draining all of her power, turning her into a harmless old woman. Suliman warns Sophie that Howl will meet the same fate if he does not fight and so Howl arrives to rescue Sophie. Suliman tries to trap him, but with Sophie's help they escape along with the former Witch of The Waste and Suliman's dog Hin.

Hungarian Summary:

Sophie, az átlagos tinédzserlány egy kalapüzletben dolgozik. Ám egy napon, amidőn egy jóképű, de titokzatos varázsló, a Howl névre hallgató idegen szó szerint leveszi őt a lábáról, Sophie úgy érzi, élete teljesen összezavarodik. Ugyanis a találkozás következtében a lány a gonosz boszorkány, Waste eszeveszett hiúsága miatt egy 90 éves öregasszonnyá változik. Az átok folytán kezdetét veszi Sophie hihetetlen odüsszeiája, melynek során Howl mágikus vándorló palotájában lel menedékre, ahol megismerkedik Markl-lal, Howl tanoncával, és a forrófejű tűzdémonnal, Calcifer-rel is. A Sophie iránti szerelem olyan erős befolyást gyakorol Howl-ra, hogy az ifjú varázsló a palota tiltásának ellenére saját életét kockáztatva próbál békét teremteni a királyságban.

Voice cast / Hangok