A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.A group of Yokohama teens look to save their school's clubhouse from the wrecking ball in preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 11 nominations
Sarah Bolger
- Umi Matsuzaki
- (English version)
- (voice)
Chris Noth
- Akio Kazama
- (English version)
- (voice)
Anton Yelchin
- Shun Kazama
- (English version)
- (voice)
Christina Hendricks
- Saori Makimura
- (English version)
- (voice)
Masami Nagasawa
- Umi Matsuzaki
- (voice)
Jun'ichi Okada
- Shun Kazama
- (voice)
- …
Yuriko Ishida
- Miki Hokuto
- (voice)
Rumi Hiiragi
- Sachiko Hirokôji
- (voice)
Jun Fubuki
- Ryoko Matsuzaki
- (voice)
Takashi Naitô
- Yoshio Onodera
- (voice)
Shunsuke Kazama
- Shirô Mizunuma
- (voice)
- …
Nao Ômori
- Akio Kazama
- (voice)
Aoi Teshima
- Yuko
- (voice)
Toshimi Kanno
- Nobuko Yokoyama
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe three siblings (Riku, Umi, and Sora) mean "Land, sea, and sky" in Japanese.
- GoofsAlthough the movie takes place in the early 1960s, the "Coke" sign over the store (at around 6 mins) has a swoosh. That didn't become part of the Coca-Cola logo until 1969.
- Quotes
Shun Kazama: There's no future for people who worship the future, and forget the past.
- Crazy creditsWhen Umi and Shun board the ship to find out the truth about their parentage, there is a shot that shows a red sign saying "Ghibli" on the front of the ship.
- Alternate versionsThe American version of the film has an additional tag for the end credits, listing the creators of the English dub. The style is completely different from the rest of the credits and the music is an English version of "The Indigo Waves", the choral song from the end of the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Schaffrillas Productions: Every Studio Ghibli Movie Ranked (2021)
- SoundtracksSayonara no Natsu ~Kokuriko-zaka kara~
("Summer of Goodbyes ~From up on Poppy Hill~")
(1976)
Lyrics by Yukiko Marimura
Composed by Kôichi Sakata
Arranged by Satoshi Takebe
Sung by Aoi Teshima
Courtesy of Yamaha Music Communications
Featured review
A small but utterly lovable Studio Ghibli film
The newest Ghibli film (which is already out on video overseas but will not play theatrically in the U.S. until March of 2013) is the second from Hayao's son Goro, after the somewhat disastrous Tales from Earthsea. This one is definitely a success. It's a smaller Ghibli film, more along the lines of Only Yesterday, Whisper of the Heart and Ocean Waves. In fact, it's probably most closely related to Ocean Waves, in that it's about teenagers and their relationships. It's quite a bit better than that one, though. The story revolves around a group of teenagers in Yokohama trying to save their school clubhouse from demolition. The story takes place in the early 1960s, and their clubhouse is slated to be destroyed to make way for an Olympic stadium of some sort. The two main characters are Umi and Shun. Shun is one of the leaders at the clubhouse. Umi kind of falls for him and comes up with the idea to pretty up the clubhouse in order to impress the politicians, hoping they'll move onto another site. The story is very small and simple, but it's utterly charming. The artwork is truly stunning and the music (by Satoshi Takebe) is gorgeous. I doubt Disney will open this one wide, but they are planning on giving it a modest Oscar campaign so, unlike Arietty (which would have easily won the award last year), this should definitely get a nomination.
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- Aug 26, 2012
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- La colina de las amapolas
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $22,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,002,895
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $57,585
- Mar 17, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $61,485,364
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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