From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 · 1h 31m · Animation, Drama
Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for a thoughtful, visually gorgeous coming-of-age story with real emotional weight. Studio Ghibli's hand-drawn animation paired with a 1963 Japan setting and a romance shadowed by family secrets makes this a solid pick—the strong scores back it up, and it's exactly the kind of character-driven drama that rewards your attention.
Plot
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.
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Cast: Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiiragi
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