Goro Miyazaki's From Up on Poppy Hill (Kokuriko-Zaka Kara) was the top-grossing animated film in Japan in 2011 (outdrawing two Pokémon movies), and won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The story unfolds in Yokohama during preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Each morning as she prepares for school, industrious Umi Matsuzaki (voiced by Sarah Bolger) flies signal flags from her family's boarding house in memory of her father, who was lost at sea during the Korean War.
Shun Kazama (Anton Yelchin), the engaging editor of the high school newspaper, gets her involved in his campaign to preserve "the Latin Quarter," a beloved but dilapidated building that houses the school clubs.
The effort to save the ramshackle structure sparks a believable romance between these likable teenagers. Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa adapted the story from a graphic novel by Chizuru Takahashi and Tetsuro Sayama.
Product Details
- Actors: Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth, Anton Yelchin, Christina Hendricks, Aubrey Plaza
- Directors: Goro Miyazaki
- Writers: Chizuru Takahashi, Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Tetsurô Sayama
- Producers: Chizuru Takahashi, Frank Marshall, Geoffrey Wexler
- Format: Animated, Color, Widescreen, Multiple Formats
- Language: English, Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region A/1
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 2
- Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Studio: Cinedigm - DVD Release Date: September 3, 2013 - Run Time: 91 minutes
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