From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
The story is set in 1963 in Yokohama. Kokuriko Manor sits on a hill overlooking the harbour. A 16 year-old girl, Umi, lives in that house. Every morning she raises a signal flag facing the sea. A 17 year-old boy, Shun, always sees this flag from the sea as he rides a tugboat to school. Gradually the pair are drawn to each other but they are faced with a sudden trial. Even so, they keep going without running from facing the hardships of reality.
Direction Goro Miyazaki
Soundtrack Satoshi Takebe
Screenplay Keiko Niwa · Hayao Miyazaki · Chizuru Takahashi
Original title Kokuriko-zaka kara
Also known as From Up on Poppy Hill · From Kokuriko Hill · コクリコ坂から
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