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From Up on Poppy Hill

Movie · 2011 · 91 min

A gentle, nostalgic coming-of-age story with soft animation and a bittersweet romantic core, evoking a warm sense of community and postwar hope.

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2011 anime film directed by Gorō Miyazaki
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Year
2011
Runtime
91 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • memory
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • school
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
drama, romance, coming-of-age
Directed by
Gorō Miyazaki
Written by
Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa
Music
Satoshi Takebe
Cinematography
Atsushi Okui
Runtime
91 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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