From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill

2011 · 91 min · JA · PG · 7.5 (1,944 votes)
Dir. Goro Miyazaki · Starring Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiiragi, Jun Fubuki · Music Satoshi Takebe

Let’s walk facing upwards.

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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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This film offers a warm, wistful embrace, steeped in gentle nostalgia for a bygone era. It's a tender, hopeful journey through first love and the quiet weight of history, all rendered with the exquisite, comforting beauty of classic Ghibli animation. A reflective, heartfelt experience.

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