From Up on Poppy Hill
(2011)
Overview
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.
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Crew
Director: | Goro Miyazaki |
Writers: | Tetsuro Sayama, Chizuru Takahashi, Keiko Niwa, Hayao Miyazaki, Tetsurô Sayama |
Cast
Teruyuki Kagawa
Masami Nagasawa
Jun'ichi Okada
Keiko Takeshita |
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Production Companies
Toho Company, Dentsu, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), The Walt Disney Company, Studio Ghibli, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Mitsubishi, KDDI Corporation, Lawson, Gkids
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