Ghibli at GFC 2025: From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
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Director: Goro Miyazaki Run Time: 91 min. Rating: PG Release Year: 2011 Language: Japanese
Starring: Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Masami Nagasawa, Rumi Hiiragi, Yuriko Ishida
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
A Film Center tradition, embark on a magical journey into the enchanting world of Studio Ghibli with Ghibli at GFC 2025 this spring.
About the film:
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
From a screenplay by Academy Award® winner Hayao Miyazaki.
About the filmmaker:
Goro Miyazaki is a Japanese film director and the son of Akemi and Hayao Miyazaki. After graduating from Shinshu University’s School of Agriculture, he later worked as a construction consultant in the planning and designing of parks and gardens to distinguish himself from the work of his parents. In 1998, he was involved in the design of the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, and served as its director from 2001 to June 2005.
In 2005, Goro Miyazaki’s consulted on his first film project with the studio made famous by his father, ultimately directing the feature Tales from Earthsea (2006), an adaptation of the book series by Ursula K. Le Guin. He later directed From up on Poppy Hill (2011), Earwig and the Witch (2020), as well as the series Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter (2014).
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