From Up on Poppy Hill
Short description
From Up on Poppy Hill is set in Yokohama in 1963, as Japan rebuilds after the Second World War and prepares to host the Tokyo Olympics. Umi Matsuzaki, a high school student, runs a boarding house near the sea while her mother is away. Every morning she raises signal flags in memory of her father, a ship's captain lost at sea years earlier. When a school newspaper article about this daily ritual appears, she meets Shun Kazama, a fellow student active in the school's clubs, and the two grow close while joining classmates trying to save their ageing clubhouse from demolition. A secret from their families' past then threatens their relationship.
This animated drama was directed by Goro Miyazaki, the second of three features he has directed, following Tales from Earthsea and preceding Earwig and the Witch. The screenplay is by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, and Toshio Suzuki is among the producers. The Japanese voice cast includes Masami Nagasawa as Umi and Junichi Okada as Shun.
Released in 2011, the film had a budget of about 22 million dollars and took roughly 61 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.4/10 from around 59,000 votes; on TMDB it holds 7.5/10 from about 2,000 votes. A critics' rating of 7.1/10 from 87 reviews places it below the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- In a scene near the store, Umi asks Shun where he lives (minute 25 of the film). Shun replies with something akin to "Mononoke." This is a reference to Hayao Miyazaki's film "Princess Mononoke" (1997). Strangely, in the Russian version of "From Up on Poppy Hill," there's another reference to this film. The actress who voices Umi also voiced Mononoke, and the actress who voices Umi's mother also voiced Lady Eboshi – Mononoke's enemy.
- In the scene where Umi and Shun board the liner (minute 84), a sign with the inscription "Ghibli" can be seen on board.
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