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From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

コクリコ坂から

Let’s walk facing upwards.

Release:2011
Runtime:1h 31m
Country:Japan
Director:Goro Miyazaki
Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationDrama
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Keywords

High SchoolStudents MovementromanceBased On MangaPeriod DramaTeenage LoveDead FatherClubhouse
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From Up on Poppy Hill rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.4/10· 59K votes
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic71%
TMDb7.523/10· 2K votes

With 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.4/10 on IMDb and 71/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About From Up on Poppy Hill

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.

Cast of From Up on Poppy Hill

  • Masami Nagasawa

    Masami Nagasawa

    as Umi Matsuzaki (voice)

  • Junichi Okada

    Junichi Okada

    as Shun Kazama / Yuichiro Sawamura (voice)

  • Keiko Takeshita

    Keiko Takeshita

    as Hana Matsuzaki (voice)

  • Yuriko Ishida

    Yuriko Ishida

    as Miki Hokuto (voice)

  • Rumi Hiiragi

    Rumi Hiiragi

    as Sachiko Hirokoji (voice)

  • Jun Fubuki

    Jun Fubuki

    as Ryoko Matsuzaki (voice)

  • Takashi Naito

    Takashi Naito

    as Yoshio Onodera (voice)

  • Shunsuke Kazama

    Shunsuke Kazama

    as Shiro Mizunuma / Hiroshi Tachibana (voice)

  • Nao Omori

    Nao Omori

    as Akio Kazama (voice)

  • Teruyuki Kagawa

    Teruyuki Kagawa

    as Tokumaru Board Chairman (voice)

  • Haruka Shiraishi

    Haruka Shiraishi

    as Sora Matsuzaki (voice)

  • T

    Tsubasa Kobayashi

    as Riku Matsuzaki (voice)

From Up on Poppy Hill facts

Original title
コクリコ坂から
Budget
$22M
Box office
$61M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •1960s anime captures tradition versus change theme with visual poetry
  • •Manga adaptation preserves clubhouse sanctuary as emotional story center
  • •Director Miyazaki generates gentle romance within broader historical context

What the audience disliked

  • •Slow narrative pacing emphasizes atmosphere over plot momentum
  • •Modest scope may feel slight compared to director's grander achievements

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