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From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill

Let’s walk facing upwards.

2011•1h 31m•7.5/10
AnimationDrama

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7.5/10(2K)

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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Production

Studio Ghibli, Mitsubishi, Kodansha, KDDI, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

Language

JA

Status

Released

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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 Rijicho (voice)

Haruka Shiraishi

Haruka Shiraishi

Sora Matsuzaki (voice)

Tsubasa Kobayashi

Riku Matsuzaki (voice)

Aoi Teshima

Aoi Teshima

Yuko (voice)

Goro Miyazaki

Goro Miyazaki

World History Teacher (voice)

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