Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) is a Japanese animated drama film directed by Goro Miyazaki. Two high school students race against ...

Watch a clip from the animated film "From Up on Poppy Hill." A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

On the surface, From Up on Poppy Hill has a relatively simple plot. The film follows Umi Matsuzaki, a 16-year-old student who develops a rivalry/friendship with her classmate Shun, as they pull their ...

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And from Japan comes this creation, the new animated film "From Up on Poppy Hill." It marks the first collaboration of a celebrated father, the Oscar-winning director of "Spirited Away," and his son.

“It’s right out of a cheap melodrama,” one character remarks in From Up on Poppy Hill after a particularly extreme twist of fate — yet this film’s gentle storytelling manages to extract the emotional ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli have, under their belt, some of Japan's biggest global anime movie successes, including "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited ...

Indie distributor GKIDS has announced its English language voice cast picks for the North American release of Studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill, Variety reports. The red carpet-worthy cast will be ...

A group of Yokohama students fight to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball during preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. While working there, Umi and Shun gradually attract ...