From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 · Movie · PG · 91 min · ★ 7.5 · 79% critics
Yokohama in 1963 is a mix of hope and tension as a new Olympics-era future approaches. Against this backdrop, two high school students begin a friendship that grows into something more, even as a past secret resurfaces and threatens to pull them apart.
Based on Kokurikozaka kara
Also known as From Kokuriko Hill
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Details
- Original title
- コクリコ坂から
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-07-16
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (1,943 votes)
- Box office
- $61,487,846
- Budget
- $22,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy gentle, slice-of-life Studio Ghibli romances with strong feelings and a period setting like Whisper of the Heart or When Marnie Was There; Not for you if you want fast action, bold magical elements, or a plot that feels consistently gripping.
Pros: beautiful traditional animation; heartfelt teen romance; charming period details | Cons: story feels slow/uneven; lacks standout magic; some underdeveloped plot
Themes
- high school
- students' movement
- romance
- based on manga
- period drama
- teenage love
- dead father
- clubhouse
- post war japan
- 1960s
- anime
- loving
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Masami Nagasawa
as Umi Matsuzaki (voice)
Junichi Okada
as Shun Kazama / Yuichiro Sawamura (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
as Hana Matsuzaki (voice)
Yuriko Ishida
as Miki Hokuto (voice)
Rumi Hiiragi
as Sachiko Hirokoji (voice)
Jun Fubuki
as Ryoko Matsuzaki (voice)
Takashi Naito
as Yoshio Onodera (voice)
Shunsuke Kazama
as Shiro Mizunuma / Hiroshi Tachibana (voice)
Nao Omori
as Akio Kazama (voice)
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Tokumaru Board Chairman (voice)
Directed by Goro Miyazaki