From Up on Poppy Hill (2013)
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From Up on Poppy Hill (2013)

Genre
Animation, Family
Release Date
March 29, 2013
Studio
Gkids
Official Site
http://www.fromuponpoppyhill.com/
Genre
Animation, Family
Release Date
March 29, 2013
MPAA Rating
PG
Duration
91 minute(s)
Production Budget
-
Studio
Gkids
Official Site
http://www.fromuponpoppyhill.com/
Director
Goro Miyazaki, Gary Rydstrom (English-language version)
Producer
Tetsuro Sayama, Toshio Suzuki, Chizuru Takahashi
Screenwriter
Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Karey Kirkpatrick (English-language version)
Starring

From the legendary and highly celebrated Studio Ghibli ("Spirited Away", "Ponyo", and "The Secret World of Arrietty") comes "From Up on Poppy Hill", the uniquely inspired and highly anticipated coming-of-age story from Goro Miyazaki and Hayao Miyazaki.

Set in Yokohama in 1963, this lovingly hand-drawn film centers on Umi (voiced by Sarah Bolger) and Shun (voiced by Anton Yelchin) and the budding romance that develops as they join forces to save their high school's ramshackle clubhouse from demolition. The top-grossing Japanese film of 2011 and winner of the Japan Academy Prize for Animation, "From Up on Poppy Hill" captures the innocence of new love as well as the beauty of Yokohama's harbor and lush surroundings. With its rich color palette, stunning exteriors, sun-drenched gardens, bustling cityscapes and painterly detail, "From Up on Poppy Hill" provides a pure, sincere, and nuanced evocation of the past, and marks yet another creative triumph for Studio Ghibli.