Rent From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
3.7 of 5 from 157 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
- 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.
- Directors:
- Goro Miyazaki
- Producers:
- Tetsurô Sayama, Toshio Suzuki, Chizuru Takahashi, Geoffrey Wexler
- Voiced By:
- Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Masami Nagasawa, Jun'ichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiiragi, Jun Fubuki, Takashi Naitô, Shunsuke Kazama, Nao Ômori, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruka Shiraishi, Tsubasa Kobayashi, Alex Wolff, Bridget Hoffman, Aoi Teshima, Elisa Gabrielli, Toshimi Kanno
- Writers:
- Tetsurô Sayama, Hayao Miyazaki
- Aka:
- Kokuriko-zaka kara
- Studio:
- StudioCanal
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation, Children & Family
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 23/09/2013
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Storyboards
- Press Conference Theme Song Announcement
- Interview with Goro Miyazaki
- Hayao Miyazaki's Staff Speech
- Music Video "Summer of Farewells - From Up On Poppy Hill" - Performed by Aoi Teshima
- Yokohama - Stories of Past and Present
- Original Japanese Trailers and TV Spots
- Making of Poppy Hill Featurette with the English Cast
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Critic review
From Up on Poppy Hill (aka Kokuriko-zaka kara) review by George Hooper - Cinema Paradiso
If there is a bad Studio Ghibli film out there, I haven’t seen it yet with last years Arietty being a delightful romp into the realm of the borrowers. From Up On Poppy Hill plays like a more conventional romance tale but with its heartwarming story and 60s setting it really shines.
The story follows Umi, a teenage girl whose father died in the Korean war who has to manage a boarding house while her mother is away abroad. While at school she meets Shun, the academy’s resident political activist and is drawn into his latest campaign, to stop the destruction of the school clubhouse for improvements before the 1964 Olympics.
Delightfully animated with bright warm colours and gorgeous landscapes, it’s a marvel to look at and appreciate even before you get to the film itself. Ghibli films always seem simplistic in their visual design but their attention to detail is to be envied.
However the film takes some odd detours on this adventure with a side story ripped straight out of the script of Say It Isn’t So. Too melodramatic to even mention. It’s relevance proves a mere plot contrivance to prolong the film to its far more satisfying ending. It doesn’t prove an immovable obstacle but it degrades the rest of the films subtle tale of family and obligation.
With plenty of history crammed into the films limited runtime it gives the film an authenticity to its story, a love story to embrace the newly found peace and the Olympic games planned to lift the country back up.
Perfectly realized but with a few story issues, Ghibli’s latest is a perfectly respectable follow up and a proud penultimate feature for Hayao Miyazaki. Full of quirky characters and well scripted dialogue, From Up On Poppy Hill is a terrific place to be if you ever get a chance.