From Up on Poppy Hill

2011 1h 31m JA

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7.5

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87%

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METACRITIC

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7.4

IMDB

★7.5TMDB · 2,008🍅87%Rotten Tomatoes●71Metacritic★7.4IMDB · 58,692

AnimationDrama

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Masami Nagasawa
Umi Matsuzaki (voice)
Junichi Okada
Shun Kazama / Yuichiro Sawamura (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
Hana Matsuzaki (voice)
Yuriko Ishida
Miki Hokuto (voice)
Rumi Hiiragi
Sachiko Hirokoji (voice)
Jun Fubuki
Ryoko Matsuzaki (voice)
Takashi Naito
Yoshio Onodera (voice)
Shunsuke Kazama
Shiro Mizunuma / Hiroshi Tachibana (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Goro Miyazaki
Writers: Keiko Niwa, Hayao Miyazaki, Tetsuro Sayama
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Goro Miyazaki, shot by Atsushi Okui. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Satoshi Takebe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Takeshi Seyama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Masami Nagasawa and Junichi Okada and Keiko Takeshita carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1798188 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Goro Miyazaki directs. Atsushi Okui behind the camera. Satoshi Takebe scores. Takeshi Seyama cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 15 years ago.
2Directed by Goro Miyazaki, shot by Atsushi Okui. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Satoshi Takebe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Takeshi Seyama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Masami Nagasawa and Junichi Okada and Keiko Takeshita carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1798188 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 15 themes, including "high school", "students' movement", "romance", "based on manga".
8Released under 14 different titles around the world.