Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) is a Animation Adventure film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and written by Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay), Diana Wynne Jones (novel). It released on 20 November 2004 (Japan). The film stars Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin. When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.