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Castle in the Sky
1986
· Movie
· 124 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #37
- IMDb #46
- Google retired #70
- Rotten Tomatoes #39
- Metacritic #63
- Letterboxd #72
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #53
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #66
- Metacritic Audience #44
- Criticker #11
- Douban #8
- Kinopoisk #18
- AlloCiné #23
- Trakt #56
Every rating
69–97
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the most agreed on films →A young boy discovers a girl floating down from the sky, aided by a magical glowing necklace. They join forces to search for a legendary floating castle in the sky, pursued by air pirates and government agents who seek the castle's immense power for their own purposes.
Details
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Writer
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Studio
- Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten
- Released
- 2 August 1986
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $5.2M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 0 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →3 wins from 3 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Eiga Geijutsu [ ja ] 1986 | Movie Art | Castle in the Sky | Winner |
| Mainichi Film Awards 1986 | Ōfuji Noburō Award | Hayao Miyazaki | Winner |
| Mainichi Film Awards 1986 | Ōfuji Noburō Award | Tokuma Shoten | Winner |
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Mainichi Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Ōfuji Noburō Award | Hayao Miyazaki | Winner |
| Ōfuji Noburō Award | Tokuma Shoten | Winner |
Eiga Geijutsu [ ja ]
1 nomination, 1 won
| Movie Art | Castle in the Sky | Winner |