Kokuriko-zaka Kara (2011)
Genre: Animation / Drama
Duration: 91 minuten
Alternative titles: From up on Poppy Hill / From Kokuriko Hill / コクリコ坂から
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Gorô Miyazaki
Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Jun'ichi Okada and Keiko Takeshita
IMDb score:
7,4 (58.598)
Releasedate: 16 July 2011
Kokuriko-zaka Kara plot
"Let’s walk facing upwards."
Sixteen-year-old Umi Matsuzaki lives in a mansion called 'Kokuriku Manor', which overlooks Yokohama's harbor. Her mother is a university professor and this leaves the running of the mansion to Umi. At her school she becomes involved with a group that works to preserve old buildings in the city, which have to make way for new buildings due to the approaching Olympic Games. Here she gets to know Shun Kazama and slowly the two become fond of each other.
Actors and actresses
Umi Matsuzaki (voice)
Shun Kazama / Yuichiro Sawamura (voice)
Hana Matsuzaki (voice)
Miki Hokuto (voice)
Sachiko Hirokôji (voice)
Ryoko Matsuzaki (voice)
Yoshio Onodera (voice)
Shirô Mizunuma / Hiroshi Tachibana (voice)
Akio Kazama (voice)
Tokumaru Rijichô (voice)
Reviews & comments
Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
I'm almost through all Ghibli. Unfortunately I found this one to be one of the lesser ones. As far as the plot is concerned, it is an interesting concept in which culture and tradition have to compete against big capitalist money. And apart from a few nice pastimes and atmospheric images from the clubhouse, I found the animated film not very interesting.
The animation itself is as always on point with many details and the bright use of color. The atmosphere setting was also good at times. For example, I always like to watch the Japanese cultural cooking occasions. The film immediately had me with it in the beginning, but I longed for more. A bit too little magic as only and here also mentioned.
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mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 14546 messages
- 4527 votes
Yes, great - I can appreciate these kinds of small films with an atmosphere sketch. If the voice acting is also subdued (which can be different in anime) it can't go wrong.
The funny thing is, the film consists of several stories that were also completely finished, but it still feels like an atmosphere sketch and although both stories do not really fit together it still does not feel bad. That will be because of the sympathetic characters, nice animation (tasty looking food!), pleasant atmosphere and good locations and in itself interesting content of a Japan on the threshold of a new time. I did find the story about the clubhouse a lot nicer than the story about the father and also the central love does not even work very well. Still, that should not spoil the fun. 4.0*.
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Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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- 31161 messages
- 5454 votes
Compared to other Ghibli films, this seems like a lightweight. But the bar is set high by this studio, so this animation is also quite good. Studio Ghibli has different drawing styles, but some things do come back a bit more. From Up on Poppy Hill is mainly coming home. A familiar animation with developed characters, a moving story and wonderful music. A film that you roll into and that gets better while watching. It never really becomes great, but the quality is there.
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