Oppe på Valmuebakken (From Up On Poppy Hill) (2011)
Genre
Animation, Anime, Drama, Family
Studio
Studio Ghibli
Movie Release Date
2011
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
Running Time
91 mins
Format
DVD
Color
Color
IMDb Rating
7.2
Cast
Teruyuki Kagawa
Tokumaru rijichô
Masami Nagasawa
Umi Matsuzaki
Junichi Okada
Shun Kazama
Keiko Takeshita
Hana Matsuzaki
Yuriko Ishida
Miki Hokuto
Rumi Hiiragi
Sachiko Hirokôji
Jun'ichi Okada
Shun Kazama
Jun Fubuki
Yoshiko Matsuzaki
Takashi Naitô
Yoshio Onodera
Shunsuke Kazama
Shirô Mizunuma
Crew
Director
Goro Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Keiko Niwa
Producer
Frank Marshall
Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Composer
Satoshi Takebe
Cinematography
Hayao Miyazaki
Cinematography
Atsushi Okui
Plot
The story is set in 1963 in Yokohama. Kokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea. The flag means “I pray for safe voyages”. A 17 year-old boy, Shun, always sees this flag from the sea as he rides a tugboat to school. Gradually the pair are drawn to each other but they are faced with a sudden trial. Even so, they keep going without running from facing the hardships of reality.
JAPANESE: Dolby Digital 5.1