HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

Hi!!

I'm going talk about 'Howl's Moving Castle'.

"Howl's Moving Castle" is the movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki that was shown in 2004.

story:
Sophie is an 18 years old girl who works as a small hatter. She dosen't have confidence to herself. One day, a witch casts a spell on Sophie; therefore she is changed into the figure of an old woman of 90 years old. She left her house and roamed through the wasteland until the huge moving castle appeared in front of her. Howl is the magician who lives in the castle with his apprentice, Markl, and he hired her as a cleaning lady. This castle is moving by Calcifer (the devil of the fire) who supply a magical power to Howl too. They spent the time like a family, and Sophie gradually got cheerful and active. She gets younger little by little.

They had a good time, but war is stalking them gradually. He hates the war but he wants to protect her and so he determined to go to the battlefield at last. She persuades Calcifer to move a castle in order to save him. But a castle collapsed. She recalls "the promise" that she has forgot. It happened on the night of falling stars. Howl, who was a child heard the voice that the gilr with silver hair shouts, "wait on the future". She noticed that he waited for her, even if tormented by an a cursed fate. Then she hugged him, but his life was going to burn out...

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have you ever seen this movie before?

if you never see it, you should watch it!!

I love the main theme song, jinsei no merry go-round.