Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986)

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Writer:

Hayao Miyazaki (written by)

Release Date:

2 August 1986 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Girl | Boy | Floating | Flying | Castle

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Barbara Goodson	...	Pazu (voice: English version) (as Bertha Greene)
James Van Der Beek	...	Pazu (voice: English version)
Lara Cody	...	Sheeta (voice: English version) (as Louise Chambell)
Cloris Leachman	...	Dola (2003) (voice: English version)
Rachel Vanowen	...	Dola (voice: English version)
Jeff Winkless	...	Muska (voice: English version) (as Jack Witte)
Richard Dysart	...	Uncle Pomme (2003) (voice: English version)
Clifton Wells	...	Boss (voice: English version) (as Charles Wilson)
Mike Reynolds	...	General (voice: English version) (as Mark Richards)
John Hostetter	...	Boss (voice: English version)
Dave Mallow	...	Lui (voice: English version) (as Daniel Morris)
Michael McShane	...	Charles (voice: English version)
Barry Stigler	...	Shalulu (voice: English version) (as Bob Stuart)
Anna Paquin	...	Sheeta (voice: Disney English version)
Mandy Patinkin	...	Louis (voice: English version)
Andy Dick	...	Henri (voice: English version)
Mark Hamill	...	Muska (voice: Disney English version)
Jim Cummings	...	General (voice: Disney English version)
Sukekiyo Kameyama	...	Henri (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Additional voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Corey Burton	...	(voice: English version)
John DeMita	...	(voice: English version)
Debi Derryberry	...	(voice)
Eddie Frierson	...	(voice: English version)
Kotoe Hatsui	...	Dola (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara	...	(voice)
Susan Hickman	...	(voice)
Hiroshi Ito	...	Oyakata (voice)
Takumi Kamiyama	...	Charles (voice)
Scott Menville	...	(voice: English version)
Matt K. Miller	...	(voice: English version) (as Matt Miller)
Eken Mine	...	Underling (voice)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Shogun Mouro (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura	...	(voice)
Andrew Philpot	...	(voice: English version) (as Andy Philpot)
Toshihiko Seki	...	(voice)
Michael Sorich	...	(voice: English version)
Masashi Sugawara	...	Underling (voice)
Reiko Suzuki	...	(voice)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Pazu (voice)
Tarako	...	Madge (Daffy's daughter) (voice)
Minori Terada	...	Muska (voice)
Fujio Tokita	...	Uncle Pomme (voice)
Machiko Washio	...	Okami (voice)
Yoshito Yasuhara	...	Louis (voice)
Keiko Yokozawa	...	Sheeta (voice)
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	(voice)
Peter Fernandez	...	Narrator (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki

Writing credits
Hayao Miyazaki		(written by)

Produced by
Hideo Ogata	....	associate executive producer
Todd Olsson	....	co-producer (english version)
Isao Takahata	....	producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma	....	executive producer
Tatsumi Yamashita	....	associate executive producer

Original Music by
Joe Hisaishi

Cinematography by
Hirokata Takahashi

Film Editing by
Yoshihiro Kasahara
Hayao Miyazaki
Takeshi Seyama

Art Direction by
Toshio Nozaki
Nizou Yamamoto

Production Management
Toru Hara	....	production manager

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Ted Barela	....	sound crew
Sam Hofstedt	....	second engineer
Eric Lewis	....	assistant adr engineer: English dialogue
Hironori Ono	....	sound effects
Kazutoshi Satou	....	sound effects editor
Kazutoshi Satou	....	sound effects
Ernie Sheesley	....	dialogue recordist
Shigeharu Shiba	....	sound director

Special Effects by
Gô Abe	....	special effects

Animation Department
Mariko Arano	....	inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Machiko Araya	....	inbetween artist
Seiko Azuma	....	inbetween artist
Hitoshi Ehara	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Toyoaki Emura	....	animator
Masaaki Endo	....	animator
Tsuruko Fujita	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Tadashi Fukuda	....	animator
Makiko Futaki	....	animator
Kuniko Hamano	....	inbetween artist: Visual 80
Keiichiro Hattori	....	inbetween artist
Kyôko Higurashi	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Eiichirô Hirata	....	inbetween artist
Katsu Hisamura	....	background artist
Isao Hoshi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Kuma
Satoshi Ida	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Kumiko Iijima	....	background artist
Masumi Ishiguro	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Noriko Itano	....	inbetween artist
Toshitaka Itsumi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Emiko Iwayanagi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Miyako Izumi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Megumi Kagawa	....	animator
Yoshinori Kanada	....	lead animator
Yoshimi Kanbara	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Masashi Kaneko	....	inbetween artist
Yûichi Katayama	....	inbetween artist
Yoshiko Katô	....	inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Yumi Kawachi	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Toshio Kawaguchi	....	animator
Hiroshi Kawasaki	....	animator
Kazuhiro Kinoshita	....	background artist
Kazuyuki Kobayashi	....	animator
Keiji Kobayashi	....	inbetween artist
Komasa	....	inbetween artist
Katsuya Kondô	....	animator
Kitaro Kosaka	....	animator
Tsutomu Kurita	....	inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Mahiro Maeda	....	animator
Keisuke Makinoda	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Yayoi Matsushita	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Shizuko Minami	....	inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Hideko Miyamoto	....	inbetween artist
Takayo Mizutani	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Tôru Morita	....	inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Noriko Moritomo	....	animator
Takashi Motomochi	....	inbetween artist
Shunji Murata	....	inbetween artist
Osamu Nabeshima	....	animator (as Osamu Nabejima)
Kazuhisa Nagai	....	inbetween artist
Keiko Nagai	....	inbetween artist: Oh! Production
Kyôko Nakano	....	inbetween artist
Yasuhiro Nakura	....	animator
Tatsushi Narita	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Atsuko Narumi	....	inbetween artist: Visual 80
Kumiko Ohtani	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Kazumi Okabe	....	inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Minoru Okamoto	....	inbetween artist: Studio Toto
Shinji Otsuka	....	animator
Toshiko Saitô	....	inbetween artist: Studio Gallop
Michiyo Sakurai	....	animator
Keiko Satô	....	inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Akemi Seki	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Yoshiya Shigebayashi	....	inbetween artist
Satoru Shigeta	....	inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Masako Shinohara	....	animator
Mika Sugai	....	inbetween artist
Yasuko Suzuki	....	inbetween artist: Doga Kobo
Yasuko Tachiki	....	animation checker
Sadao Takahashi	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Yoshie Takamine	....	inbetween artist
Noriko Takaya	....	background artist: harmony treatment
Naoko Takeba	....	inbetween artist
Ritsuko Tanaka	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Tsukasa Tannai	....	supervising animator
Akiko Teshima	....	inbetween artist: Studio Fantasia
Yûto Teshima	....	inbetween artist: Studio Kuma
Kazuhide Tomonaga	....	animator
Wakako Ueda	....	inbetween artist
Sumio Watanabe	....	inbetween artist: Visual 80
Akiko Yamaguchi	....	inbetween artist: Kusama Art
Hirômi Yamakawa	....	inbetween artist
Tadayoshi Yamamuro	....	inbetween artist: Shindo Production
Michiyo Yasuda	....	color designer
Takao Yoshino	....	inbetween artist
Masaki Yoshizaki	....	background artist
Atsuko Ôtani	....	animator

Casting Department
Jack Fletcher	....	casting: English voices (2003)
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting

Music Department
Andrew Belling	....	Disney version
Andrew Belling	....	music supervisor
David Sabee	....	Disney version
David Sabee	....	orchestra contractor
Yasuko Fukuoka	....	music programmer (uncredited)
Yasuko Fukuoka	....	musician (uncredited)
Joe Hisaishi	....	music arranger (uncredited)
Joe Hisaishi	....	musician (uncredited)
Steve Jackson	....	music mixer (uncredited)
Atsushi Kaji	....	music engineer (uncredited)
Asuka Kaneko	....	musician (uncredited)
Shin Kazahara	....	musician (uncredited)
Masayoshi Okawa	....	music mixer (uncredited)
Robert Puff	....	music librarian (Disney version) (uncredited)
Takashi Tsunoda	....	musician (uncredited)

Other crew
Eric Garcia	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Nibariki
• Studio Ghibli
• Tokuma Shoten

Distributors

• Toei Japan (1986) (Japan) (theatrical) (103 theaters)
• Streamline Pictures (1989) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (2003) (France)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• EDKO Film (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Gkids (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Polyfilm Verleih (2006) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Cinema Mondo (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2008) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Independent Television (ITV) (1989-1992) (UK) (TV)
• Intercontinental Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Optimum Releasing (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Studio Ghibli (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Air-Edel Recording Studios  music mixed at (uncredited)
• Nakanishi Strings  string orchestra (uncredited)
• Nikkatsu Studio Center  music recorded at (uncredited)
• Screen Music Studios (SMS)  dialogue recording facilities
• Wonder Station  music recorded at (uncredited)

Also Known As:

"Castle in the Sky" - Australia (imdb display title), International (English title) (imdb display title), UK, USA
"Castle in the Sky Laputa" - International (English title) (literal title)
"Laputa" - USA (short title)
"Laputa: Castle in the Sky" - UK (DVD title)
"Laputa: The Castle in the Sky" - Australia (TV title)
"El castillo en el cielo" - Argentina (imdb display title), Mexico (imdb display title), Spain (imdb display title)
"O Castelo no Céu" - Brazil (cable TV title), Brazil (imdb display title), Portugal (imdb display title)
"Das Schloss im Himmel" - Austria, Germany (DVD title)
"Gökteki kale" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Il castello nel cielo" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Laputa - Az égi palota" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Laputa - Himmelslottet" - Norway (imdb display title)
"Laputa - Linna taivaalla" - Finland
"Laputa - Slottet i himlen" - Sweden (imdb display title)
"Laputa - podniebny zamek" - Poland
"Laputa: Castle in the Sky" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Le château dans le ciel" - France
"To kastro ston ourano" - Greece (DVD title)
"Zamak na nebu" - Serbia (imdb display title)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:6 | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:All | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:7 | Argentina:Atp | France:U | Hong Kong:I | Spain:T | USA:PG | UK:PG | Australia:G | New Zealand:PG | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Company:

Nibariki

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 been aware of the translation, he would not have used it as a title.

Goofs:

Continuity: The colour of the hand-cannon shells that Dola gives Pazu alternates. The case of the shells is red, and the cap is gold, but later on the case becomes gold, and the cap red.

Quotes:

Col. Muska:How appropriate that we've ended up in the throne room.
[forcefully]
Col. Muska:Now get over here!
Sheeta:This is no longer a throne room. This is a tomb for the both of us. You see, a king without compassion does not deserve a kingdom. You will *never* possess the crystal! You and I will die here, together. Now I understand why the people of Laputa vanished. This is a song from my home in the valley of Gondoa that explains everything. It says, "Take root in the ground, live in harmony with the wind, plant your seeds in the winter, and rejoice with the birds in the coming of spring." No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.
Col. Muska:[Muska shoots off Sheeta's pigtail] Laputa will live. I will return it to life! Laputa's power is the dream of all mankind!
[he shoots off her other pigtail]
Col. Muska:Your ears are next... unless you get on your knees and obey me!
[menacingly]
Col. Muska:I command you, GIVE ME THAT STONE!
Pazu:Stop right there, Muska!
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Rupan sansei: Part II: Farewell My Beloved Lupin (#4.52)" (1980)

You need a 20 out of 10 ratings to rate Miyazaki's films

Hayao Miyazaki has no equal when it comes to using hand-drawn animation as a form of storytelling, yet often he is being compared to Walt Disney. That is just so unfair, because it becomes apparent by watching Miyazaki's films that he is the superior artist. He really has a gift of thrilling both grownups and children, and Laputa is indeed one awesome ride.

But where can I begin to describe a movie so magical and breathtaking! Miyazaki's works have never cease to amaze me. Laputa is an adventure of a grand scale and I wonder how a film can be so packed with details and imagination. Ask yourself this question: if you are a kid dreaming of an adventure so grand in scope and so magical, what would it be like? The answer would be to strap yourself in some seat and watch Laputa, because it's truly a childhood fantasy come true. Every minute of the movie is rich and engrossing ... from the train chase to the amazing air-flying sequences... and to the wonderous sight of the floating castle itself. Not to mention the excellent score by Joe Hisaishi! Everything you ever possibly want from an adventure movie is here.