From Up on Poppy Hill (コクリコ坂から Kokuriko-zaka Kara) is a 2011 Japanese animated drama film. Created by Studio Ghibli, it is directed by Gorō Miyazaki with the screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa and character design by Katsuya Kondō.
The film is based on the serialised Japanese comic of the same name drawn by Chizuru Takahashi and written by Tetsurō Sayama. It was released by Toho in Japan on July 16, 2011, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film of the year, and was released by GKIDS in the United States in March 2013.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Umi Matsuzaki | Masami Nagasawa | Sarah Bolger |
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Shun Kazama | Junichi Okada | Anton Yelchin |
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Shirō Mizunuma | Shunsuke Kazama | Charlie Saxton |
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Sora Matsuzaki | Haruka Shiraishi | Isabelle Fuhrman |
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Hana Matsuzaki | Keiko Takeshita | Edie Mirman |
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Yuichirō Sawamura | Junichi Okada | Robert Clotworthy |
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Ryoko Matsuzaki | Jun Fubuki | Jamie Lee Curtis |
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Riku Matsuzaki | Tsubasa Kobayashi | Alex Wolff |
| Raymond Ochoa (second half) | |||
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Miki Hokuto | Yuriko Ishida | Gillian Anderson |
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Yoshio Onodera | Takashi Naitō | Bruce Dern |
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Akio Kazama | Nao Ōmori | Chris Noth |
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Mr. Tokumaru | Teruyuki Kagawa | Beau Bridges |
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Sachiko Hirokouji | Rumi Hiiragi | Aubrey Plaza |
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Saori Makimura | Eiko Kanazawa | Christina Hendricks |
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Nobuko Yokoyama | Toshimi Kanno | Emily Osment |
Additional Voices[]
- Stephen Apostolina
- Kirk Baily
- Emily Bridges - Tokumaru's Assistant
- David Cowgill
- Moosie Drier
- Jeff Dunham - Gen Shiraki
- Ronan Farrow - History Teacher
- Eddie Frierson
- Elisa Gabrielli
- Jackie Gonneau
- Bridget Hoffman - Yuko
- Richard Steven Horvitz - Yamazaki
- Ron Howard - Philosophy Club President
- Hope Levy
- Holly Dorf Long
- Tye Nielsen
- Hunter Rogers
- Charlie Saxton
- Warren Sroka
- Jake Steinfeld - Fish Seller
- John C. Storey
- Byron Thames
- Madeleine Elizabeth Whittle
- David Zyler
Notes[]
- This is the first English dub of a Ghibli film handled by GKIDS after Disney's license with Studio Ghibli expired. Though The Wind Rises would be the final to be handled by Disney.
- Riku's voice changes from Alex Wolff to Raymond Ochoa throughout the film, due to the latter's voice changing during recording.
- This was the first Studio Ghibli film since Princess Mononoke not to be distributed by Disney in North America.
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
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| GKIDS | 2013 | 
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1 NTSC |
United States | 
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A DVB-T | ||||
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2 PAL |
United Kingdom | 
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B DVB-T | ||||
| GKIDS | 2021 | +
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1 NTSC A DVB-T |
United States |
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External Links[]
- From Up on Poppy Hill at the Internet Movie Database
- From Up on Poppy Hill (anime) at the Anime News Network
