--- title: "Howl's Moving Castle: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/howls-moving-castle/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/howls-moving-castle" cast: 57 crew: 99 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Howl's Moving Castle (2004): cast and crew 57 cast and 99 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Chieko Baisho](https://film.one/person/chieko-baisho.md) as Sophie (voice) - [Takuya Kimura](https://film.one/person/takuya-kimura.md) as Howl (voice) - [Akihiro Miwa](https://film.one/person/akihiro-miwa.md) as Witch of the Waste (voice) - [Tatsuya Gashuin](https://film.one/person/tatsuya-gashuin.md) as Calcifer (voice) - [Ryunosuke Kamiki](https://film.one/person/ryunosuke-kamiki.md) as Markl (voice) - [Mitsunori Isaki](https://film.one/person/mitsunori-isaki.md) as Kosho (voice) - [Yo Oizumi](https://film.one/person/yo-oizumi.md) as Prince Justin / Turnip Head (voice) - [Akio Otsuka](https://film.one/person/akio-otsuka.md) as King of Ingary (voice) - [Daijirō Harada](https://film.one/person/daijiro-harada.md) as Heen (voice) - [Haruko Katō](https://film.one/person/haruko-kato.md) as Madame Suliman (voice) - [Makoto Yasumura](https://film.one/person/makoto-yasumura.md) as (voice) - [Manabu Muraji](https://film.one/person/manabu-muraji.md) as (voice) - Keiko Tsukamoto as (voice) - Tsuzuki Kayako as (voice) - Seiji Sasaki as (voice) - Hiroshi Takahashi as (voice) - Mayuno Yasokawa as (voice) - Rio Kanno as (voice) - Kojiro Takahashi as (voice) - Akiyoshi Sakurai as (voice) - Momoko Kurita as (voice) - Mina Meguro as (voice) - Yasuhiro Ohara as (voice) - Akio Tanaka as (voice) - Rina Yamada as (voice) - Tomoe Hanba as (voice) - Naoto Kaji as (voice) - Teruo Seki as (voice) - Shinobu Katabuchi as (voice) - Masako Inui as (voice) - Yohei Ohbayashi as (voice) - Takeshi Miyajima as (voice) - Yukiko Mizuochi as (voice) - Maki Koizumi as (voice) - Nobito Nishioka as (voice) - Teppei Akashi as (voice) - Reiko Onishi as (voice) - Yumiko Ogata as (voice) - Hiroyuki Kamikawaji as (voice) - Tomohiko Kiyota as (voice) - Kaori Kaneko as (voice) - Aiko Nakajima as (voice) - Jun Kuwahara as (voice) - Yuta Kobayashi as (voice) - Yuko Nomura as (voice) - Tamayo Fukushi as (voice) - Atsushi Takeya as (voice) - Yoshifumi Nakagawa as (voice) - Hiroki Tanaka as (voice) - Yohei Matsukado as (voice) - Akane Fujisaki as (voice) - Izumi Matsuoka as (voice) - Tomonori Yanagibashi as (voice) - Ken Yasuda as (voice) - Hiroyuki Morisaki as (voice) - Shigeyuki Totsugi as (voice) - Takuma Otoo as (voice) ## Directing - [Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki.md): Director - Ryosuke Kiyokawa: Assistant Director - Yosuke Toba: Assistant Director ## Writing - [Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki.md): Screenplay - Diana Wynne Jones: Novel ## Production - [Toshio Suzuki](https://film.one/person/toshio-suzuki.md): Producer - [Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki.md): Executive Producer - [Tomohiko Ishii](https://film.one/person/tomohiko-ishii.md): Producer - Nozomu Takahashi: Production Manager - Motohiro Hatanaka: Casting Coordinator - Ayumi Sato: Casting Coordinator - Naomi Yasu: Casting Coordinator - Akio Ichimura: Production Accountant - Eiko Fujitsu: Production Accountant - Hisayo Ito: Production Accountant - Kiyoko Tsuge: Production Accountant - Masako Fujita: Production Accountant - Sueko Numazawa: Production Accountant - Tamami Yamamoto: Production Accountant - Eiichiro Tashiro: Production Assistant - Kenji Imura: Production Assistant - Kyohei Ito: Production Assistant - Junya Saito: Production Assistant ## Camera - [Atsushi Okui](https://film.one/person/atsushi-okui.md): Director of Photography ## Editing - [Takeshi Seyama](https://film.one/person/takeshi-seyama.md): Editor - Hiroaki Hirabayashi: Color Timer - Kashiko Kimura: Assistant Editor - [Rie Matsubara](https://film.one/person/rie-matsubara.md): Assistant Editor - Megumi Uchida: Assistant Editor ## Sound and music - [Joe Hisaishi](https://film.one/person/joe-hisaishi.md): Original Music Composer - Toru Noguchi: Sound Effects - Mikio Mori: Dolby Consultant - Youmi Kimura: Songs - Akihiko Okase: Foley Artist - Masaya Kitada: Foley Artist - Yukio Hokari: Foley Artist - Mizuki Ito: Foley Artist - Shuji Inoue: Sound - Kazuhiro Wakabayashi: Sound Director - Suminobu Hamada: Sound Recordist - Mari Shinohara: Sound Recordist - Yuuichi Kaneko: Sound Recordist - Naoto Takeshima: Sound Recordist ## Art - Yoji Takeshige: Art Direction - Noboru Yoshida: Art Direction - Junichi Taniguchi: Background Designer - Junko Ina: Background Designer - Kazuo Oga: Background Designer - Keiko Itogawa: Background Designer - Masahiro Kubota: Background Designer - Masako Osada: Background Designer - Masatoshi Kai: Background Designer - Mitsuo Yoshino: Background Designer - Naomi Kasugai: Background Designer - Naoya Tanaka: Background Designer - Osamu Masuyama: Background Designer - Sayaka Hirahara: Background Designer - Yoshikazu Fukutome: Background Designer - Yoichi Nishikawa: Background Designer - Ryouko Ina: Background Designer - Hiroshi Iijima: Painter ## Visual effects - Atsushi Tamura: Key Animation - Yoshitake Iwakami: Animation Manager - Akihiko Adachi: Animation - Seiko Azuma: Animation - Kaori Fujii: Animation - Makiko Futaki: Animation, Key Animation - Rie Usui: Animation - Takashi Hashimoto: Key Animation - Kitaro Kosaka: Animation Director - Yoshihiro Osugi: Key Animation - Hirofumi Masuda: Key Animation - Katsuya Kondo: Key Animation - Makiko Suzuki: Key Animation - Michiyo Yasuda: Color Designer - Atsuko Tanaka: Key Animation - Atsushi Shigeta: Key Animation - Eiji Yamamori: Key Animation - Hideaki Yoshio: Key Animation - Hideki Hamasu: Key Animation - Hiromasa Yonebayashi: Key Animation - Hiroshi Masuda: Key Animation - Hiroomi Yamakawa: Key Animation - Katsuya Yamada: Key Animation - Kazuyoshi Onoda: Key Animation - Kenichi Konishi: Key Animation - Kenichi Yamada: Key Animation - Kenji Hachizaki: Key Animation - Kenji Yazaki: Key Animation - Mariko Matsuo: Key Animation - Masafumi Yokota: Key Animation - Masako Shinohara: Key Animation - Masaru Matsuse: Key Animation - Masashi Okumura: Key Animation - Nobuyuki Takeuchi: Key Animation - Norihiro Ôsugi: Key Animation - Sachiko Sugino: Key Animation - Shigeru Kimishima: Key Animation - Shinya Ohira: Key Animation --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/howls-moving-castle.md