Merry-Go-Round Of Life - Howls Moving Castle - Joe Hisaishi

Merry-Go-Round Of Life
(Joe Hisaishi)

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Merry-Go-Round Of Life
by Joe Hisaishi

Poster Merry Go Round Of Life

Merry-Go-Round Of Life ” is a theme track from the animated film Howl’s Moving Castle. Howl’s Moving Castle is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho. The Japanese voice cast featured Chieko Baisho and Takuya Kimura, while the English dub version starred Jean Simmons, Emily Mortimer, Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Josh Hutcherson and Billy Crystal.
The story is set in a fictional kingdom where both magic and early 20th-century technology are prevalent, against the backdrop of a war with another kingdom. The film tells the story of a young, content milliner named Sophie who is turned into an old woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.