MOVIE · 2011

From Up on Poppy Hill

AnimationAnimeComedyDramaFamilyRomance91 min

In 1963 Yokohama, high school student Umi is drawn to classmate Shun as Japan rebuilds after World War II and looks toward the 1964 Olympics. Masami Nagasawa is Umi, and Jun'ichi Okada voices Shun, a boy whose confidence and curiosity place him at the center of school life. Their growing friendship unfolds in a city shaped by postwar memory, student energy, and a sense of change just ahead. But as Umi and Shun grow closer, a buried connection to the past emerges and casts doubt over what their bond might become.