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Castle in the Sky

Original title: Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta
  • 1986
  • PG
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
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Castle in the Sky (1986)
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AnimeHand-Drawn AnimationQuestAdventureAnimationFamilyFantasy

Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.

  • Director
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writers
    • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Jonathan Swift
  • Stars
    • Mayumi Tanaka
    • Keiko Yokozawa
    • Kotoe Hatsui
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    191K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,033
    106
    • Director
      • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Writers
      • Hayao Miyazaki
      • Jonathan Swift
    • Stars
      • Mayumi Tanaka
      • Keiko Yokozawa
      • Kotoe Hatsui
    • 307User reviews
    • 159Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Mayumi Tanaka
    Mayumi Tanaka
    • Pazu
    • (voice)
    Keiko Yokozawa
    • Sheeta
    • (voice)
    Kotoe Hatsui
    Kotoe Hatsui
    • Dola
    • (voice)
    Minori Terada
    • Muska
    • (voice)
    Fujio Tokita
    Fujio Tokita
    • Uncle Pom
    • (voice)
    Ichirô Nagai
    Ichirô Nagai
    • 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
    • (voice)
    • …
    Shinya Ôtaki
    • Egyptian minion
    • (voice)
    • (as Shinya Ohtaki)
    • Director
      • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Writers
      • Hayao Miyazaki
      • Jonathan Swift
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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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).
    • 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.)
    • Quotes

      Uncle Pomme: The earth speaks to all of us, and if we listen, we can understand.

    • Crazy credits
      The end credits show the remains of the castle Laputa floating on Earth's orbit.
    • Alternate versions
      An English dub of this film was produced by the Walt Disney Company in 1999 (originally intended to be released that same year), but wasn't released on DVD until 2003. The English dub shortens the title to "Castle in the Sky," removing the word "Laputa," since it means "the whore" in Spanish. The voice cast includes James Van Der Beek, Anna Paquin, Mark Hamill, Cloris Leachman, Mandy Patinkin, Andy Dick, and Michael McShane.
    • Connections
      Edited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Kimi wo Nosete
      (Carrying You)

      (insert song)

      Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki

      Music by Joe Hisaishi

      Performed by Azumi Inoue (Tokuma Japan)

    User reviews307

    Featured review
    8/10

    Steampunk Animation Pioneering...

    Bewitching wizardry and imagination that marauds through the sky to conjure an elegant and endearing testament of the great and the good that people can possess, while also demonstrating their more suspect characteristics, those that deserve to be banished to a citadel and fortressed far below ground. Another genuinely awe inspiring and prophetic piece of work from Hayao Miyazaki.
    • Xstal
    • Nov 3, 2020
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 19, 1991 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • El castillo en el cielo
    • Production companies
      • Tokuma Shoten
      • Studio Ghibli
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,300,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $523,664
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $197,172
      • Nov 18, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,342,044
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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