From Up on Poppy Hill

Original title: Kokuriko-zaka kara

2011
PG
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

54K

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A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

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A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

54K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 11 nominations

Umi Matsuzaki
(English version)
(voice)

Chris Noth

Akio Kazama
(English version)
(voice)

Anton Yelchin

Shun Kazama
(English version)
(voice)

Christina Hendricks

Saori Makimura
(English version)
(voice)

Masami Nagasawa

Umi Matsuzaki
(voice)

Jun'ichi Okada

Shun Kazama
(voice)
…

Keiko Takeshita

Hana Matsuzaki
(voice)

Yuriko Ishida

Miki Hokuto
(voice)

Rumi Hiiragi

Sachiko Hirokôji
(voice)

Jun Fubuki

Ryoko Matsuzaki
(voice)

Takashi Naitô

Yoshio Onodera
(voice)

Shunsuke Kazama

Shirô Mizunuma
(voice)
…

Nao Ômori

Akio Kazama
(voice)

Teruyuki Kagawa

Tokumaru Rijichô
(voice)

Haruka Shiraishi

Sora Matsuzaki
(voice)

Tsubasa Kobayashi

Riku Matsuzaki
(voice)

Aoi Teshima

Yuko
(voice)

Toshimi Kanno

Nobuko Yokoyama
(voice)

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Storyline

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Trivia
The three siblings (Riku, Umi, and Sora) mean "Land, sea, and sky" in Japanese.

Goofs
Although the movie takes place in the early 1960s, the "Coke" sign over the store (at around 6 mins) has a swoosh. That didn't become part of the Coca-Cola logo until 1969.

Quotes
Shun Kazama: There's no future for people who worship the future, and forget the past.

Crazy credits
When Umi and Shun board the ship to find out the truth about their parentage, there is a shot that shows a red sign saying "Ghibli" on the front of the ship.

Alternate versions
The American version of the film has an additional tag for the end credits, listing the creators of the English dub. The style is completely different from the rest of the credits and the music is an English version of "The Indigo Waves", the choral song from the end of the film.

Connections
Featured in Schaffrillas Productions: Every Studio Ghibli Movie Ranked (2021)

Soundtracks
Sayonara no Natsu ~Kokuriko-zaka kara~
("Summer of Goodbyes ~From up on Poppy Hill~")
(1976)
Lyrics by Yukiko Marimura
Composed by Kôichi Sakata
Arranged by Satoshi Takebe
Sung by Aoi Teshima
Courtesy of Yamaha Music Communications

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Featured review

10/10

Wonderful film, very simple, sweet and moving.

I marvel at how simple this movie is. It's a romance, but there's no villain, there's no kissing, there's no skin shown. Yet I was at the edge of my seat over whether the hero and the heroine would get together. The incidents have no fantasy, no action chase scenes, no amazing settings, just everyday life at a seaside town, a boarding house and a school. It reminds me of Ocean Waves, another Ghibli movie that I absolutely adore. In comparison, the average Hollywood romantic movie seems so loud and garish. The actors and actresses in typical Hollywood rom-coms are the cartoons, not these animated people I've grown to care about in the span of an hour and a half. What are comparable movies? In the Mood for Love, from Hong Kong, and Scorsese's The Age of Innocence. I'm in love again.