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From Up on Poppy Hill
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From Up on Poppy Hill

2011-07-16 · 91 min · ★ 7.5

Animation · Drama

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 details

Directors
Goro Miyazaki
Production companies
Studio Ghibli, Mitsubishi, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nippon Television Network Corporation, dentsu, TOHO, The Walt Disney Company (Japan)
Countries
Japan
Status
Released
Budget
USD 22,000,000
Revenue
USD 61,037,844

Top Cast

Masami NagasawaMasami NagasawaUmi Matsuzaki (voice)
Junichi OkadaJunichi OkadaShun Kazama / Yuichiro Sawamura (voice)
Keiko TakeshitaKeiko TakeshitaHana Matsuzaki (voice)
Yuriko IshidaYuriko IshidaMiki Hokuto (voice)
Rumi HiiragiRumi HiiragiSachiko Hirokoji (voice)
Jun FubukiJun FubukiRyoko Matsuzaki (voice)
Takashi NaitoTakashi NaitoYoshio Onodera (voice)
Shunsuke KazamaShunsuke KazamaShiro Mizunuma / Hiroshi Tachibana (voice)
Nao OmoriNao OmoriAkio Kazama (voice)
Teruyuki KagawaTeruyuki KagawaTokumaru Board Chairman (voice)
Haruka ShiraishiHaruka ShiraishiSora Matsuzaki (voice)
Tsubasa KobayashiRiku Matsuzaki (voice)
Ayako ItoSecretary to the Tokumaru Board Chairman (voice)
Naoya FujimakiNaoya FujimakiTokumaru Front Desk Receptionist (voice)
Toshimi KannoNobuko (voice)
Aoi TeshimaAoi TeshimaYuko (voice)
Fumihiro AwanoFumihiro Awano(voice)
Hikaru Ishiguro(voice)
Keisuke IshidaKeisuke Ishida(voice)
Shinsuke UedaShinsuke Ueda(voice)

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