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From Up on Poppy Hill

From Up on Poppy Hill
A young girl is raising the flags while a tugboat sails in the ocean. To her left is the title in red letters and below her is the film's release date and production credits. The artwork is done in a watercolor style.
Japanese theatrical poster designed and illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki
Directed by Gorō Miyazaki
Produced by Toshio Suzuki
Screenplay by
Based on Kokuriko-zaka kara
by Chizuru Takahashi
Tetsurō Sayama
Starring
Music by Satoshi Takebe
Cinematography Atsushi Okui
Edited by Takeshi Seyama
Production
company
Distributed by Toho
Release date
  • July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17) (Japan)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Budget
  • ¥2.17 billion
  • ($22 million)
Box office
  • $61.46 million (Worldwide)
  • ¥4.46 billion (Japan)
From Up on Poppy Hill
Soundtrack
Kokuriko OST CD Japan.jpg
CD cover
Soundtrack album by Satoshi Takebe
Released July 13, 2011
Length 50:32
Label Tokuma Japan Communications

From Up on Poppy Hill (Japanese: Hepburn: Kokuriko-zaka Kara?, "From Coquelicot Hill") is a 2011 Japanese animated drama film directed by Gorō Miyazaki, scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa, and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1980 serialized Japanese comic of the same name illustrated by Chizuru Takahashi and written by Tetsurō Sayama. The film stars the voices of Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Jun Fubuki, Takashi Naito, Shunsuke Kazama, Nao Ōmori and Teruyuki Kagawa.

Set in 1963 Yokohama, Japan, the film tells the story of Umi Matsuzaki, a high school girl living in a boarding house, Coquelicot Manor. When Umi meets Shun Kazama, a member of the school's newspaper club, they decide to clean up the school's clubhouse, Quartier Latin. However, Tokumaru, the chairman of the local high school and a businessman, intends to demolish the building for redevelopment and Umi and Shun, along with Shirō Mizunuma, must persuade him to reconsider.

From Up on Poppy Hill premiered on July 16, 2011, in Japan. The film received positive reviews from most film critics and grossed $61 million worldwide. An English version of the film was distributed by GKIDS; it was released to theaters on March 15, 2013, in North America.


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