From Up on Poppy Hill
Seen it?2011 | 91 min | Animation, Drama
Saturday SpecialWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It earned strong reviews (87% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences rate it highly (7.5 out of 10). A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for animation lovers.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 31 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG: peril. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 71 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.5 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
3 wins and 8 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$62 million worldwide on a $22 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 220K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Goro Miyazaki
- Masami NagasawaUmi Matsuzaki (voice)
- Junichi OkadaShun Kazama / Yuichiro Sawamura (voice)
- Keiko TakeshitaHana Matsuzaki (voice)
- Yuriko IshidaMiki Hokuto (voice)
- Rumi HiiragiSachiko Hirokoji (voice)
- Jun FubukiRyoko Matsuzaki (voice)
- Takashi NaitoYoshio Onodera (voice)
- Shunsuke KazamaShiro Mizunuma / Hiroshi Tachibana (voice)
- Nao OmoriAkio Kazama (voice)
- Teruyuki KagawaTokumaru Board Chairman (voice)