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From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill

Let’s walk facing upwards.

20117.51h 31m

Overview

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.

Directed by Goro Miyazaki
Written by Keiko Niwa, Hayao Miyazaki, Tetsurō Sayama
Produced by Toshio Suzuki, Chizuru Takahashi, Tetsurō Sayama
Box OfficeBudget: $22.0MRevenue: $61.0M

Top Cast

Masami Nagasawa

Masami Nagasawa

Umi Matsuzaki (voice)

Junichi Okada

Junichi Okada

Shun Kazama / Yuichiro Sawamura (voice)

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Hana Matsuzaki (voice)

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Miki Hokuto (voice)

Rumi Hiiragi

Rumi Hiiragi

Sachiko Hirokoji (voice)

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Ryoko Matsuzaki (voice)

Takashi Naito

Takashi Naito

Yoshio Onodera (voice)

Shunsuke Kazama

Shunsuke Kazama

Shiro Mizunuma / Hiroshi Tachibana (voice)

Nao Omori

Nao Omori

Akio Kazama (voice)

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Tokumaru Board Chairman (voice)

Themes & Keywords

high schoolstudents' movementromancebased on mangateenage lovedead fatherclubhousepost war japan1960sanimelovingyokohama20th centurygrandchange vs traditionjapanese economic miracle

About From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill is a animation, drama film released in 2011 exploring themes of high school, students' movement, romance, based on manga, teenage love, dead father. Directed by Goro Miyazaki, it stars Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita. Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.

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