From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 · 91 min
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.
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Writers: Keiko Niwa, Hayao Miyazaki
Cinematographer: Atsushi Okui
Editor: Takeshi Seyama
Composers: Satoshi Takebe, Hachidai Nakamura
Cast: Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiiragi
