From Up On Poppy Hill (2013)
85%RT Audience Score: 79%
Awards & Nominations: 6 wins & 11 nominations
Gentle and nostalgic, From Up on Poppy Hill is one of Studio Ghibli’s sweeter efforts — and if it doesn’t push the boundaries of the genre, it remains as engagingly lovely as Ghibli fans have come to expect
From Up On Poppy Hill is a charming and heartwarming film that will make you feel like you’re sinking into a hot spring of emotions. While it may not be the most action-packed or magical of Studio Ghibli’s films, it still manages to capture the essence of growing up and figuring out who you are. Plus, the honky-tonk score will have you tapping your toes and humming along. So, grab some popcorn and settle in for a gentle snooze that will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside.
Production Company(ies)
Shochiku
Distributor
GKIDS
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for mild thematic elements and some incidental smoking images
Year of Release
2011
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 31m
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Language(s):Japanese
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Country of origin:Japan
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 15, 2013 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 18, 2014
Genre(s)
Drama/Anime
Keyword(s)
From Up on Poppy Hill, PG, Drama, Anime, 1h 31m, Masami Nagasawa, Jun’ichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hîragi, Jun Fubuki, directed by Goro Miyazaki, written by Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Tetsurô Sayama, produced by Tetsurô Sayama, Toshio Suzuki, Chizuru Takahashi, reviewed by Guy Lodge, Tara Brady, Mike McCahill, Nigel Andrews, David Jenkins, Robbie Collin, PG rating, $284.7K box office, GKIDS distributor, Yokohama, clubhouse, demolition, 1964 Olympics, Japan, family, loss, hope, romance, Studio Ghibli, animation, hand-drawn, Japanese language, architecture, war memories, parental back-stories, gentle, nostalgic, sweet, engagingly lovely, gentle snooze, bounty of ideas and emotions, perfectly rendered world, personal level, beautifully precise, endearingly warm, genuine intrigue, haunting reverberance, deep currents of emotion, affection, heartwarming, emotional resonance, family-friendly, sweet, charming, incestuous twist, calm atmosphere, slower pace, buildup of characters, attention to background detail, voice work, nice and easy
Worldwide gross: $61,487,846
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $80,948,619
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,123
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 8,827,548
US/Canada gross: $1,002,895
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,320,309
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,118
US/Canada opening weekend: $57,585
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $75,811
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,048
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $22,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $28,962,953
Production budget ranking: 1,170
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $15,596,550
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $36,389,115
ROI to date (est.): 82%
ROI ranking: 1,006
Jun’ichi Okada – Shun Kazama (Voice)
Keiko Takeshita – Hana Matsuzaki (Voice)
Yuriko Ishida – Miki Hokuto (Voice)
Rumi Hîragi – Sachiko Hirokôji (Voice)
Jun Fubuki – Yoshiko Matsuzaki (Voice)
Director(s)
Goro Miyazaki
Writer(s)
Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Tetsurô Sayama
Producer(s)
Tetsurô Sayama, Toshio Suzuki, Chizuru Takahashi
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
6 wins & 11 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (89) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (77) | Rotten (12)
A gently lyrical diversion for Ghibli die-hards … a gentle snooze for others.
August 12, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
Guy Lodge
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
Beautifully precise architectural sketches, endearingly warm nostalgia, gentle teen romance and genuine intrigue.
August 2, 2013 | Rating: 5/5
Tara Brady
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
It … arrives with the vast reserves of patience, optimism and artistry we’ve come to expect from this studio.
August 1, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
Mike McCahill
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
The incest-scare subplot never trips up the movie’s charm. And there’s a haunting reverberance, very Hayao Miyazaki, to the war memories that empower the parental back-stories.
August 1, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
Not up there with the Ghibli masterworks of yore, but still a bounty of ideas and emotions.
August 1, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
David Jenkins
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
You don’t watch a Studio Ghibli film so much as sink into it like a hot spring, with groans of delight.
August 1, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
Robbie Collin
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Poppy Hill” is beautiful, but more dull than expected. It would be nice to see Goro Miyazaki engage in stories that actually resonate with him, rather than to follow his father’s script (or footsteps).
May 25, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Grace Han
Asian Movie Pulse
It might not be one of the most well-regarded or well-produced of the studio’s films, but it’s a high point in Gorō’s career and one of the final brushstrokes in his father’s, and that’s more than enough to justify a visit to Poppy Hill.
July 17, 2021
Clement Tyler Obropta
Film Inquiry
Though From Up On Poppy Hill lacks the magic or pure emotion of some of Ghibli’s finest work, Goro’s sophomore feature still stands as a testament to why hand drawn animation should never perish in the face of digital wizardry.
November 12, 2020
Jordan M. Smith
IONCINEMA.com
It’s a sweet, simple movie about likable people growing up and figuring out who they are.
March 13, 2019 | Rating: B+
Rachel Wagner
rachelsreviews.net
Accompanied by a joyous, honky-tonk score from Satoshi Takebe and earnestly voiced by its leads, this is a perfectly rendered world that quietly throbs with sadness and thrums with modern progress.
February 27, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Ivan Radford
CineVue
This 1960s-set melodrama carries such deep currents of emotion and so much affection for its sweet-natured characters, that by the end I was pretty sure it would rank among my two or three favorites from the studio.
July 2, 2018
Charles Webb
MTV…
Plot
From Up on Poppy Hill follows a group of Yokohama teens as they try to save their school’s clubhouse from being demolished, while also navigating their own personal relationships and struggles.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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