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From Up on Poppy Hill(2011)
Status: Released
Date: 2011-07-16
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1905 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
Let’s walk facing upwards.
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Budget: $22,000,000.00
Revenue: $61,037,844.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: From Up on Poppy Hill
Top 10 Billed Cast
長澤まさみ
Umi Matsuzaki (voice)
岡田准一
Shun Kazama / Yuichiro Sawamura (voice)
竹下景子
Hana Matsuzaki (voice)
石田ゆり子
Miki Hokuto (voice)
柊瑠美
Sachiko Hirokoji (voice)
風吹ジュン
Ryoko Matsuzaki (voice)
内藤剛志
Yoshio Onodera (voice)
風間俊介
Shiro Mizunuma / Hiroshi Tachibana (voice)
大森南朋
Akio Kazama (voice)
香川照之
Tokumaru Rijicho (voice)
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