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Castle in the Sky ()

Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (original title)
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A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
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Cast

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Pazu (voice)
Keiko Yokozawa ...
Sheeta (voice)
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Dola (voice)
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Muska (voice)
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Uncle Pom (voice)
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Shogun Mouro (voice)
Hiroshi Ito ...
Oyakata (voice)
Machiko Washio ...
Okami (voice)
Takuzô Kamiyama ...
Shalulu (voice)
Yoshito Yasuhara ...
Lui (voice)
Sukekiyo Kameyama ...
Anli (voice)
Ryûji Saikachi ...
Old Engineer (voice)
Tarako ...
Madge (voice)
Eken Mine ...
Underling (voice)
Reiko Suzuki ...
Sheeta's grandmother (voice)
Takahiro Hirai ...
Chinese minion (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura ...
Train Operator / Additional Voices (voice)
Shinya Ôtaki ...
Egyptian minion (voice) (as Shinya Ohtaki)
Hideki Fukushi ...
Gang (voice)
Nobuyuki Furuta ...
Additional Voices (voice)
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Man in black glasses A (voice)
Kazumi Tanaka ...
Additional Voices
Masashi Sugawara ...
Underling (voice)
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Additional Voices (voice)
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Additional Voices (voice)
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Sheeta (Disney dub) (voice)
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Pazu (Disney dub) (voice)
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Dola (Disney dub) (voice)
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Muska (Disney dub) (voice)
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Uncle Pom (Disney dub) (voice)
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General (Disney dub) (voice)
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Boss (Disney dub) (voice)
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Charles (Disney dub) (voice)
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Louie (Disney dub) (voice)
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Henri (Disney dub) (voice)
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Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice)
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Okami (Disney dub) / Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice)
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Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice) (as John Demita)
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Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice)
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Young Sheeta (Disney dub) / Madge (Disney dub) / Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice)
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Old Engineer (Disney dub) / Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice) (as Matt Miller)
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Henri (Magnum dub) / Old Engineer (Magnum dub) / Papa (Disney dub) / Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice) (as Ernest Fessler)
Andrew Philpot ...
Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice) (as Andy Philpot)
Susan Hickman ...
Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice)
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Additional Voices (Disney dub) (voice)
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Pazu (Magnum dub) / Madge (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Bertha Greene)
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Sheeta (Magnum dub) / Okami (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Louise Chambell)
Rachel Vanowen ...
Dola (Magnum dub) (voice)
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Muska (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Jack Witte)
Edward Mannix ...
Uncle Pom (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Cyn Branch)
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General (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Mark Richards)
Clifton Wells ...
Boss (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Charles Wilson)
Barry Stigler ...
Charles (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Bob Stuart)
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Louis (Magnum dub) (voice) (as Colin Phillips)

Directed by

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Hayao Miyazaki

Written by

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Hayao Miyazaki ... (original story by)
 
Hayao Miyazaki ... (screenplay by)
 
Jonathan Swift ... (concept created by) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Tôru Hara ... animation producer: Studio Ghibli (as Toru Hara)
Hideo Ogata ... planner
Isao Takahata ... producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma ... executive producer
Tatsumi Yamashita ... planner

Music by

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Joe Hisaishi

Cinematography by

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Hirokata Takahashi

Editing by

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Yoshihiro Kasahara
Hayao Miyazaki
Takeshi Seyama

Casting By

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Jack Fletcher

Art Direction by

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Toshio Nozaki
Nizô Yamamoto ... (as Nizou Yamamoto)

Production Management

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Tôru Hara ... production manager (as Toru Hara)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Umanosuke Iida ... assistant director (as Tsutomu Iida)
Satoshi Kimura ... assistant director
Norihiko Sutô ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Shuji Inoue ... sound mixer
Mikio Mori ... dolby technician: Far East Continental
Hironori Ono ... sound effects editor: E&M Planning Center
Kazutoshi Satô ... sound effects editor: E&M Planning Center (as Kazutoshi Satou)
Shigeharu Shiba ... sound director
Gregg Barbanell ... foley artist (uncredited)
Ted Barela ... sound crew (uncredited)
Sam Hofstedt ... second engineer (uncredited)
Ernie Sheesley ... dialogue recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Gô Abe ... special effects
Shinji Teraoka ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Toshiyuki Fukushima ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Takahisa Ishizuka ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Izumi Kasama ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Takeo Kobayashi ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Taizô Matsuzaki ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Yukio Miyashima ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Hajime Noguchi ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Kôji Shiragami ... camera operator: Takahashi Production (as Takashi Shirakami)
Hirokata Takahashi ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga ... camera operator: Takahashi Production
Yoshiaki Yasuhara ... camera operator: Takahashi Production

Animation Department

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Kie Akiyama ... cel painter: Studio Hibari
Noriko Arakawa ... cel painter: Studio Hibari
Mariko Arano ... inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Machiko Araya ... inbetween artist
Toshiko Asano ... cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Tsutomu Awada ... inbetween artist: Oh! Production (as Tsutomu Awata)
Seiko Azuma ... inbetween artist
Tomoko Danjô ... cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Hitoshi Ehara ... inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Toyoaki Emura ... key animator
Masaaki Endô ... key animator (as Masaaki Endo)
Tsuruko Fujita ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Tadashi Fukuda ... key animator
Makiko Futaki ... key animator
Kuniko Hamano ... inbetween artist: Visual 80
Keiichiro Hattori ... inbetween artist
Kyôko Higurashi ... inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Keiko Hiraga ... cel painter: Studio OZ
Eiichirô Hirata ... inbetween artist
Katsu Hisamura ... background artist
Yumiko Honda ... cel painter: Production Act
Isao Hoshi ... inbetween artist: Studio Kuma
Akemi Hosoya ... cel painter: Studio OZ
Satoshi Ida ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Kumiko Iijima ... background artist
Tomohisa Iizuka ... cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Masumi Ishiguro ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Emiko Ishii ... cel painter
Yamako Ishikawa ... background artist
Akihiko Isozaki ... cel painter: Studio OZ
Toshitaka Itsumi ... inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Norichika Iwakiri ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Emiko Iwayanagi ... inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Miyako Izumi ... inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Megumi Kagawa ... key animator
Yoshinori Kanada ... lead animator
Yoshimi Kanbara ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Masashi Kaneko ... inbetween artist
Yûichi Katayama ... inbetween artist
Fumie Katô ... cel painter: Studio Hibari
Ryôko Katô ... inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Yumi Kawachi ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Toshio Kawaguchi ... key animator
Hirotsugu Kawasaki ... key animator
Yôko Kazama ... cel painter: Production Act
Keiko Kihara ... cel painter
Hiroko Kijima ... cel painter: Studio OZ
Yûko Kikuchi ... cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Kazuhiro Kinoshita ... background artist
Ikkô Kobayashi ... key animator (as Kazuyuki Kobayashi)
Kenji Kobayashi ... inbetween artist
Komasa ... inbetween artist
Yoshie Komatsu ... cel painter: Production Act
Katsuya Kondô ... key animator
Mutsuo Koseki ... background artist
Hiroyuki Kuraoka ... cel painter: Production Act
Shin'ichirô Kuse ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Kitarô Kôsaka ... key animator (as Kitaro Kosaka)
Harumi Machii ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Mahiro Maeda ... key animator
Keisuke Makinoda ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Naomi Masuda ... cel painter: Studio OZ
Yayoi Matsushita ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Shizuko Minami ... inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Ryûsuke Mita ... cel painter
Hideko Miyamoto ... inbetween artist
Mari Miyashita ... cel painter
Chiharu Mizuma ... cel painter
Takayo Mizutani ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Tôru Morita ... inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Noriko Moritomo ... key animator
Takashi Motomochi ... inbetween artist
Yoshie Murakami ... cel painter: Group Joy
Ayako Murano ... cel painter: Production Act
Toshiharu Murata ... inbetween artist (as Shunji Murata)
Osamu Nabeshima ... key animator (as Osamu Nabejima)
Masako Nabetani ... cel painter
Kazuhisa Nagai ... inbetween artist
Keiko Nagai ... inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Rumiko Nagai ... cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Hiromi Nagamine ... cel painter
Yukie Naitô ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Kyôko Nakano ... inbetween artist
Hiromi Nakata ... cel painter
Yasuhiro Nakura ... key animator
Kenji Narita ... cel painter: Studio Hibari
Tatsushi Narita ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Atsuko Narumi ... inbetween artist: Visual 80
Masako Natsui ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Michiko Nishimaki ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Miyoko Nishiyama ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Noriko Ogawa ... cel painter
Homi Ogiwara ... cel checker
Asako Ohashi ... cel painter: Group Joy
Kazumi Okabe ... inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Minoru Okamoto ... inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Toshiko Saitô ... inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Yukiko Sakai ... cel painter
Fumiya Sakamoto ... cel painter
Masako Sakano ... clean-up and inbetween artist
Michiyo Sakurai ... key animator
Shinnosuke Sato ... cel painter: Group Joy
Keiko Satô ... inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Taeko Satô ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Akemi Seki ... inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Yoshiya Shigebayashi ... inbetween artist
Satoshi Shigeta ... inbetween artist: Kusama Art (as Satoru Shigeta)
Kumi Shimada ... cel painter
Etsuko Shimoda ... cel painter: Production Act
Toki Shinoda ... cel painter: Studio OZ
Masako Shinohara ... key animator
Yukitaka Shishikai ... cel painter: Studio Korumi
Mikako Sodeyama ... cel painter: Group Joy
Akiko Sudô ... cel painter: Group Joy
Mika Sugai ... inbetween artist
Kumiko Suzuki ... cel painter: Group Joy
Yasuko Suzuki ... inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Yôko Suzuki ... cel painter: Studio Hibari
Yasuko Tachiki ... animation checker
Mieko Taguchi ... cel painter: Production Act
Naomi Takahashi ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Sadao Takahashi ... inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Fusako Takami ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Yoshie Takamine ... inbetween artist
Yoshiko Takasago ... cel painter
Noriko Takaya ... background artist: harmony treatment
Naoko Takeba ... inbetween artist
Nobuko Tanaka ... cel painter: Studio Killy
Ritsuko Tanaka ... inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Mariko Tanazawa ... cel painter: Studio Fantasia
Tsukasa Tannai ... supervising animator
Akiko Teshima ... inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Yûto Teshima ... inbetween artist: Studio Kuma
Kazuhide Tomonaga ... key animator: Telecom Animation Film
Wakako Ueda ... inbetween artist
Sumio Watanabe ... inbetween artist: Visual 80
Katsutoshi Yamagata ... cel painter: Studio Korumi
Akiko Yamaguchi ... inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Hirômi Yamakawa ... inbetween artist
Tadayoshi Yamamuro ... inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Kazue Yanagisawa ... cel painter
Michiyo Yasuda ... color designer
Hiroko Yokoyama ... cel painter: Production Act
Takao Yoshino ... inbetween artist
Masaki Yoshizaki ... background artist
Kiyomi Ôta ... background artist
Atsuko Ôtani ... key animator
Kumiko Ôtani ... inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Shinji Ôtsuka ... key animator (as Shinji Otsuka)

Casting Department

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David H. Kramer ... adr voice casting (uncredited)

Music Department

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Andrew Belling ... music supervisor
Yasuko Fukuoka ... music programmer (uncredited) / musician (uncredited)
Joe Hisaishi ... music arranger (uncredited) / musician (uncredited)
Steve Jackson ... music mixer (uncredited)
Atsushi Kaji ... music engineer (uncredited)
Asuka Kaneko ... musician (uncredited)
Shin Kazahara ... musician (uncredited)
Shin Kazuhara ... trumpet (uncredited)
Vincent Mendoza ... conductor (uncredited)
Robert Puff ... music librarian (uncredited)
David Sabee ... orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Takashi Tsunoda ... musician (uncredited)
Masayoshi Ôkawa ... music mixer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Masashi Atami ... production assistant
Naotake Furusato ... production assistant
Eric Garcia ... production coordinator
Toshitsugu Hara ... production assistant
Osamu Kameyama ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Akira Kaneko ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Masahiro Kasuya ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Hiroyuki Katô ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Hirokazu Kihara ... production assistant
Tomoko Kobayashi ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Mitsuru Menjô ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Kaoru Mutô ... production assistant
Naoyuki Oshikiri ... production desk
Takao Sasaki ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Toshio Suzuki ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Minoru Tadokoro ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Mikio Takeda ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Kazutoshi Takigawa ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"
Masaya Tokuyama ... advertising producer
Tsutomu Ôtsuka ... production committee: Tokuma Shoten "Castle in the Sky Laputa"

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A young boy stumbles into a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheeta, was chased by pirates, army and government secret agents. In saving her life, they begin a high flying adventure that goes through all sorts of flying machines, eventually searching for Sheeta's identity in a floating castle of a lost civilization. Written by Tzung-I Lin

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Also Known As
  • 天空の城ラピュタ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Tenkû no shiro Laputa (Japan)
  • Castle in the Sky (Canada, English title)
  • Castle in the Sky (Philippines, English title)
  • Castle in the Sky (Egypt, English title)
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Runtime
  • 125 min
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Box Office

Budget $3,300,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $5,445,486

Did You Know?

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Trivia Laputa, the flying island, was a setting in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, published in 1726. Hayao Miyazaki says in interviews that he was unaware that "la puta" means "the whore" in Spanish. If he had known the translation, he would not have used it as a title. Swift, incidentally, is considered the inventor of "black comedy" and, as a well-educated man and satirist, very likely knew the meaning of the Spanish term (in the novel, the Gulliver character lists Spanish as one of the many languages he's fluent in). See more »
Goofs In the punchout scene between Shalulu and Pazu's boss, there are instances where we don't hear any auditory reactions, much less punches, when the camera is showing long shots of the crowd in either the Japanese version or the Magnum-English dub. (Disney's version, predictably, adds in more walla and punching sounds for that scene.) See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017). See more »
Soundtracks Kimi wo Nosete See more »
Crazy Credits The end credits show the remains of the castle Laputa floating on Earth's orbit. See more »
Quotes Uncle Pomme: The earth speaks to all of us, and if we listen, we can understand.
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