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From Up on Poppy Hill a Studio Ghibli film that was released in Japan on July 16, 2011. It was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of Hayao Miyazaki and the director of the 2006 film Tales from Earthsea.

Plot

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The Story is set in 1963 in Yokohama. Kokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea. The flag means "I pray for safe voyages".

A 17 year-old boy, Shun, always sees this flag from the sea as he rides a tugboat to school. In preparation for next year's Tokyo Olympics, people are destroying the old and believing only in the magnificence of the new.

In that time, at a high school in Yokohama, a small struggle occurred. The building of the Culture Club, nicknamed Latin Quatier, old but full of history and memories. People were questioning if it should be deserted or preserved. In the middle of this, Umi and Shun meet. Shun appeals to the students who want to protect the building. Umi suggests a big clean up of the building to show its good parts.

Gradually the pair are drawn to each other but they are faced with a sudden trial: they might be brother-and-sister. Even so, they keep going without running from reality. In the end, it's revealed that Umi and Shun aren't related in any way (so they're free to be together) and learn the full true story of how their parents met, loved and lived.

Voice cast

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Japanese Cast:

Character Original name (kana, roumaji) Voice actor (seiyuu)
Shun Kazama 風間 俊, Kazama Shun Junichi Okada
Umi Matsuzaki 松崎 海, Matsuzaki Umi Masami Nagasawa, Aoi Watanabe (young)
Hana Matsuzaki 松崎 花, Matsuzaki Hana Keiko Takeshita
Ryōko Matsuzaki 松崎 良子, Matsuzaki Ryouko Jun Fubuki
Miki Hokuto 北斗 美樹, Hokuto Miki Yuriko Ishida
Yoshio Onodera 小野寺 善雄, Onodera Yoshio Takashi Naito
Shirou Mizunuma 水沼 史郎, Mizunuma Shirou Shunsuke Kazama
Akio Kazama 風間 明雄, Kazama Akio Nao Oumori
Tokumaru 徳丸, Tokumaru Teruyuki Kagawa
Sora Matsuzaki 松崎 空, Matsuzaki Sora Haruka Shiraishi
Riku Matsuzaki 松崎 陸, Matsuzaki Riku Tsubasa Kobayashi
Sachiko Hirokoji 広小路 幸子, Hirokouji Sachiko Rumi Hiiragi
Nobuko Yokoyama & Yuuko 横山 信子, Yokoyama Noboku & 悠子, Yuuko Aoi Teshima, Toshimi Kanno
History teacher - Goro Miyazaki
Yūichirō Sawamura 澤村 雄一郎, Sawamura Yuuichirou Junichi Okada
Yamazaki 山崎, Yamazaki Hiroki Tanaka

Credit

Credit Cast
Director Goro Miyazaki
Producer Toshio Suzuki
Screenplay Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa
Music Satoshi Takebe
Cinematography Atsushi Okui
Edit Takeshi Seyama

Production

From Up on Poppy Hill#Production on Wikipedia

Easter Eggs

Kogenai Line of Poppy Hill

Shun asks his father about his biological father. At that moment a ship, named Kogenai Line, drives past Akio's boat. Line means maru in Japanese. Kogenai Maru is the ship in the film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.

Ghibli of Poppy Hill

On Yoshio Onodera's ship Koyo Maru Yokohama, there is a cabine "Ghibli" is written on it.

Goofs

Goof of Poppy Hill

At the first minutes of the film, Shun drives to school and he stops at crossroads. Across from him there is a store with the Coke sign on it. Although the movie takes place in the early 1960s, the "Coke" sign over the store has a swoosh. That didn't become part of the Coca-Cola logo until 1969.[3]

Release

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Country Release Date Format Publisher
Canada File:Ca.jpg, USA File:Us.jpg March 15, 2013 theatre GKids
UK Uk August 2, 2013 theatre Optimum
Australia File:Au.jpg, New Zealand File:Nz.jpg September 13, 2012 theatre Reel Anime
Japan File:Ja.jpg July 16, 2011 theatre Toho
Germany File:De.jpg November 21, 2013 theatre Universum

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References

  1. 61 Mio. US$, Box Office Mojo
  2. ANN (8.1/10 on 442 votes) - IMDB (7.4/10, on 11,595 votes) - MAL (8.07/10 on 15,072 votes) - RT (3.9/5 on 10,103 votes)
  3. Acht Buchstaben, ein Bindestrich (german), Journey Redaktion, retrieved November 1st, 2015
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