:From Up on Poppy Hill

Umi Matsuzaki is a 16-year-old high school student living in Coquelicot Manor, a boarding house overlooking the Port of Yokohama in Japan. Her mother, Ryoko, is a medical professor studying in the United States. Umi runs the house and looks after her younger siblings and her grandmother. Each morning, Umi raises a set of signal flags with the message "I pray for safe voyages".

One day, a poem about the flags being raised is published in Konan Academy's newspaper. Shun Kazama, the poem's author, witnesses the flags from the sea as he rides his father's tugboat to school. At first, Umi gets the wrong impression of Shun as he does a daredevil stunt on behalf of the "Latin Quarter", an old building housing their high school's clubs that's being threatened with demolition. Upon her sister's request, Umi accompanies her to obtain Shun's autograph at the Latin Quarter. She learns Shun and the school's student government president Shirō Mizunuma publish the school newspaper. Umi convinces Shirō and Shun to renovate the Latin Quarter, and all the students contribute, both boys and girls. Umi and Shun start having feelings for each other.

At a party, Umi shows Shun a photograph of three young naval men. One of them is her deceased father, Yūichirō Sawamura, who was killed while serving on a supply ship during the Korean War. Shun is stunned to see he has a duplicate of the photograph. His father admits shortly after the end of World War II, Yūichirō arrived at their house one evening with an infant, Shun. The Kazamas had recently lost their newborn, so they adopted Shun. At first, Shun tries to avoid Umi, then he finally tells her they are siblings. Umi and Shun repress their romantic feelings and they continue to see each other as friends.

The renovation of the Latin Quarter is complete but the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education decides to proceed with the building's demolition anyway. Shirō, Shun, and Umi take the train to Tokyo, which is preparing for the 1964 Summer Olympics, and meet with Tokumaru, the school board's chairman. They successfully convince him to come inspect the Latin Quarter. Umi later professes her love to Shun, and he reciprocates in spite of their situation.

Having just returned from the United States, Ryoko tells Umi that Shun's father was actually Hiroshi Tachibana, the second man in the photo. In 1945, Tachibana was killed in an accident on a repatriation ship. Shun's mother died in childbirth, and his other relatives were killed in the bombing of Nagasaki. Ryoko was unable to raise Shun, as she was already pregnant with Umi at the time. Yūichirō registered the child as his own to avoid leaving Shun as an orphan in the confusing postwar years, but Shun was eventually given to the Kazamas.

Tokumaru visits the Latin Quarter and, impressed by the students' efforts, cancels the demolition. Umi and Shun are summoned to the harbor. They meet Yoshio Onodera, the third man in the photograph and the sole survivor of the three, now a ship's captain. Confirming Umi and Shun are not related by blood, he tells the full story of the three men's history. With everything resolved, Umi resumes her daily routine of raising the flags, but now, it is not just for her father.

• Masami Nagasawa as {{nihongo|Umi Matsuzaki|松崎 海|Matsuzaki Umi}}, the oldest daughter of a family that runs a lodging house and a student at Konan Academy. Young Umi, in flashbacks, is voiced by Aoi Watanabe, and both versions of the character are voiced by Sarah Bolger in the English-language version.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/studio-ghibli-from-up-on-poppy-hill-english-cast/200527/|title=Studio Ghibli's From Up on Poppy Hill English language cast announced, including Gillian Anderson, Ron Howard, Anton Yelchin and Christina Hendricks|last=Trumbore|first=Dave|publisher=Collider.com|date=October 5, 2012|access-date=October 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211013229/http://collider.com/studio-ghibli-from-up-on-poppy-hill-english-cast/200527|archive-date=December 11, 2012|url-status=live}} In the series she is nicknamed "Meru". "Umi" and "Mer" means "sea" in Japanese and French respectively.
• Junichi Okada as {{nihongo|Shun Kazama|風間 俊|Kazama Shun}}, the school newspaper president whom Umi takes an interest in. Shun is voiced by Anton Yelchin in the English-language version.
• Okada also provides the uncredited voice of {{nihongo|Yūichirō Sawamura|澤村 雄一郎|Sawamura Yūichirō}}, Umi Matsuzaki's deceased father.
• Keiko Takeshita as {{nihongo|Hana Matsuzaki|松崎 花|Matsuzaki Hana}}, Umi's maternal grandmother and owner of boarding house. Hana is voiced by Edie Mirman.{{cite web|title=Behind The Voice Actors – Voice of Hana Matsuzaki|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/From-Up-On-Poppy-Hill/Hana-Matsuzaki/|work=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=November 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406030116/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/From-Up-On-Poppy-Hill/Hana-Matsuzaki/|archive-date=April 6, 2015|url-status=live}}
• Jun Fubuki as {{nihongo|Ryoko Matsuzaki|松崎 良子|Matsuzaki Ryōko}}, Umi's mother, who is a medical professor studying in the United States. Ryoko is voiced by Jamie Lee Curtis in the English-language version.
• Yuriko Ishida as {{nihongo|Miki Hokuto|北斗 美樹|Hokuto Miki}}, a doctor-in-training staying at Coquelicot's apartment. Miki is voiced by Gillian Anderson in the English-language version.{{cite web|title=Behind The Voice Actors – Voice of Hokuto Miki|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/From-Up-On-Poppy-Hill/Miki-Hokuto/|work=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=May 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601075434/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/From-Up-On-Poppy-Hill/Miki-Hokuto/|archive-date=June 1, 2016|url-status=live}}
• Nao Ōmori as {{nihongo|Akio Kazama|風間 明雄|Kazama Akio}}, Shun's adoptive father. Akio is voiced by Chris Noth in the English-language version.
• Takashi Naito as {{nihongo|Yoshio Onodera|小野寺 善雄|Onodera Yoshio}}, a ship captain and an old friend of Umi and Shun's parents. Onodera is voiced by Bruce Dern in the English-language version.
• Shunsuke Kazama as {{nihongo|Shirō Mizunuma|水沼 史郎|Mizunuma Shirō}}, the student council president and Shun's friend. Shirō is voiced by Charlie Saxton in the English-language version.
• Kazama also provides the uncredited voice of {{nihongo|Hiroshi Tachibana|立花 洋|Tachibana Hiroshi}}, Shun Kazama's deceased father.
• Teruyuki Kagawa as {{nihongo|Chief Director Tokumaru|徳丸理事長|Tokumaru Rijichō}}, the chairman of the school board and a businessman living in Tokyo. He is based on Tokuma Shoten president Yasuyoshi Tokuma. Tokumaru is voiced by Beau Bridges in the English-language version.
• Haruka Shiraishi as {{nihongo|Sora Matsuzaki|松崎 空|Matsuzaki Sora}} and Tsubasa Kobayashi as {{nihongo|Riku Matsuzaki|松崎 陸|Matsuzaki Riku}}, Umi's younger siblings; Sora is voiced by Isabelle Fuhrman and Riku is voiced by Alex Wolff and Raymond Ochoa in the English-language version.
• Rumi Hiiragi as {{nihongo|Sachiko Hirokoji|広小路 幸子|Hirokōji Sachiko}}, an art college student staying at Coquelicot's apartment; Aubrey Plaza voices Sachiko in the English-language version.
• Eiko Kanazawa provides the voice of {{nihongo|Saori Makimura|マキムラ サオリ|Makimura Saori}}, a boarder at Coquelicot's house; Christina Hendricks voices Makimura in the English-language version.{{cite web|title=Behind The Voice Actors – Voice of Saori Makimura|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/From-Up-On-Poppy-Hill/Saori-Makimura/|work=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=June 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625115327/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/From-Up-On-Poppy-Hill/Saori-Makimura/|archive-date=June 25, 2016|url-status=live}}
• Toshimi Kanno and Aoi Teshima voice {{nihongo|Nobuko|信子|Nobuko}} and {{nihongo|Yuko|悠子|Yūko}} respectively, Umi's friends and classmates; Emily Osment voices Nobuko and Bridget Hoffman voices Yuko in the English-language version.

The cast also includes director Gorō Miyazaki with the voice of Konan Academy's world history teacher. In the English version, he is voiced by Ronan Farrow. In the English-language version, Jeff Dunham voiced Gen and Ron Howard voiced the Philosophy Club's president.

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In the film, Umi's father was killed when his Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was sunk by mines in the Korean War, and Shun's biological father died aboard a repatriation vessel after the end of the Second World War.

Following Japan's defeat in the Second World War, the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) assumed control over the Japanese merchant marine to return repatriates to their homelands. At the start of the Korean War, those ships, together with their Japanese crews, were pressed into service by the US military to carry forces and supplies to Korea. Japanese vessels played a significant role at the Incheon and Wonsan landings. The shipping firm Tozai Kisen was among the most prominent firms involved, concluding "an agreement with the US military’s Japan Logistical Command (JLC) to provide 122 small vessels and around 1,300 crew for transport and landing work".

According to estimates, 56 Japanese sailors and labourers were killed in the Korean War zone in the first six months of the war alone; 23 of the deaths occurred when Japanese-crewed ships were sunk by mines. Official estimates of the total number of Japanese killed in the Korean War have never been published, nor have the U.S. or Japanese governments officially recognised the role of Japanese non-combatants in the Korean War.{{cite journal |last1=Morris-Suzuki |first1=Tessa |date=July 30, 2012 |title=Post-War Warriors: Japanese Combatants in the Korean War |url=https://apjjf.org/2012/10/31/tessa-morris-suzuki/3803/article |journal=The Asia-Pacific Journal |volume=10 |issue=31 |pages= |doi= |access-date=September 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003083222/http://www.japanfocus.org/-Tessa-Morris_Suzuki/3803 |archive-date=October 3, 2013 |url-status=live }}

The 1960s saw an escalating increase in student activism and campus revolts in Japan as well as in other parts of the world.

File:Yamate siryoukan.JPG, the Yokohama neighborhood where From Up on Poppy Hill is set.{{cite web |url=http://www.jibtv.com/enj/otomatsuri/yamate_yokohama.html |title=Townscape Information: Yamate, Yokohama |date=September 30, 2013 |publisher=Enjoy Network Japan |access-date=November 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403164813/http://www.jibtv.com/enj/otomatsuri/yamate_yokohama.html |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}]]

From Up on Poppy Hill was officially revealed as the new Studio Ghibli film for 2011 on December 15, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://eiga.com/news/20101215/16/ |script-title=ja:ジブリ最新作は宮崎吾朗監督「コクリコ坂から」 |date=December 15, 2010 |publisher=Eiga.com |access-date=August 14, 2011 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917021122/http://eiga.com/news/20101215/16/ |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=live }} It is based on the 1980s shōjo manga of the same name by Tetsuo Sayama and Chizuru Takahashi.{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0032274 |title=長澤まさみ、ジブリ『コクリコ坂から』主人公の声に抜てき！思いを寄せる少年演じるのはV6岡田准一！ |date=May 13, 2011 |publisher=Cinema Today |access-date=September 27, 2011 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914145535/http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0032274 |archive-date=September 14, 2011 |url-status=live }} It was revealed the director Gorō Miyazaki would be directing. Gorō Miyazaki is the eldest son of Studio Ghibli's co-founder and acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki; he made his directorial debut in the 2006 film Tales from Earthsea. From Up on Poppy Hill is his second work.{{cite web|url= http://eiga.com/news/20101216/1/|script-title= ja:宮崎駿監督、「コクリコ坂から」吾朗監督に「映画監督は2本目が大事」|date= December 12, 2010|publisher= Eiga|access-date= August 14, 2011|language= ja|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110905201218/http://eiga.com/news/20101216/1/|archive-date= September 5, 2011|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}

Much like with other Ghibli films, the film is a co-production with Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television Network, Dentsū, Hakuhōdō DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi Corporation and Tōhō.{{official website|http://kokurikozaka.jp/index.html}} "Studio Ghibli • Nippon Televi • Dentsū • Hakuhōdō DYMP • Walt Disney Pictures • Mitsubishi Shōji • Tōhō teikei sakuhin"

In a press interview given after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, it was announced the film's production was affected by the rolling blackouts imposed after this disaster.{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0031267 |script-title=ja:ジブリ最新作『コクリコ坂から』会見に宮崎吾朗監督と宮崎駿が登壇 節電のためにマイクを使用せず |date=March 28, 2011 |publisher=Cinema Today |access-date=September 26, 2011 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827160750/http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0031267 |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |url-status=live }} In particular, the animation process was forced to proceed in the night to minimize disruptions. When pressed about the progress, it was revealed that the animation was "about 50% completed", though it was added that the "animation would have otherwise been over 70% completed without the disaster". However, Hayao Miyazaki assured the public that the film would still be released on July 16, 2011, as previously announced, saying that it was their responsibility to do so. Gorō Miyazaki stated that while most of the staff was not affected by the disaster, there were several "who did go through a period of mental affectedness because of what happened and that took some time to recover from."{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-goro-miyazaki-20130310,0,3195169.story|title=Goro Miyazaki sets his own path in animation|last=Keegan|first=Rebecca|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 8, 2013|access-date=March 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313051249/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-goro-miyazaki-20130310,0,3195169.story|archive-date=March 13, 2013|url-status=live}}

Gorō Miyazaki initially researched Yokohama, intending to be faithful to the city's historical details. However, after realizing that "simply re-enacting something of the time may seem real enough but may not necessarily be beautiful". Miyazaki decided to show the location as "shimmering and bustling with life" from the viewpoint of the characters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/movies/studio-ghiblis-from-up-on-poppy-hill.html?_r=0|title=Inside Studio Ghibli's 'From Up on Poppy Hill'|last=Murphy|first=Mekado|work=The New York Times|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=March 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318112238/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/movies/studio-ghiblis-from-up-on-poppy-hill.html?_r=0|archive-date=March 18, 2013|url-status=live}} In designing the Latin Quarter, Miyazaki worked with the art directors who added ideas about the "amalgamation of clutter in the house's many rooms" and attempted to "look at the architecture of the building, but to also remember back to my college years and the clutter and filthiness that [Miyazaki] lived through".

The film's animation directors include Akihiko Yamashita, Atsushi Yamagata, Kitarō Kōsaka, Takeshi Inamura, and Shunsuke Hirota.{{Cite AV media |title= From Up on Poppy Hill|language= ja|medium= Motion picture|publisher= Studio Ghibli|quote= "作画監督 : 廣田俊輔, 稲村武志, 高坂希太郎, 山形厚史, 山下明彦"}}

The main voice cast members were officially unveiled on May 13, 2011.{{cite web|last=Ishikawa|first=T.|title=From Up on Poppy Hill voice cast|url=http://kokurikozaka.jp/character.html|publisher=From Up on Poppy Hill official page|access-date=March 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308022851/http://kokurikozaka.jp/character.html|archive-date=March 8, 2013|url-status=live}} It was announced that actress Masami Nagasawa would voice Matsuzaki, the main character. This was Nagasawa's first voice acting role in a Studio Ghibli film.{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0033473 |script-title=ja:長澤まさみ、大好きなジブリ作品初出演に大喜び！きっかけは、藤岡藤巻の推薦！ |date=July 4, 2011 |publisher=Cinema Today |access-date=September 27, 2011 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905185401/http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0033473 |archive-date=September 5, 2011 |url-status=live }} In addition, Jun'ichi Okada, a member of the Japanese band V6, would be voicing Shun Kazama, a member of the school newspaper publishing team. Additionally, Jun Fubuki, Keiko Takeshita, Takashi Naitō, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yuriko Ishida, Nao Ōmori and Shunsuke Kazama would voice other minor characters.

In June 2012, it was announced that a North American dub would be recorded and that it was being executive produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, written by Karey Kirkpatrick and directed by Gary Rydstrom. The cast members of the dub include Sarah Bolger, Anton Yelchin, Ron Howard, Jeff Dunham, Gillian Anderson, Chris Noth, Ronan Farrow, Isabelle Fuhrman, Emily Osment, Charlie Saxton, Alex Wolff, Beau Bridges, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Dern, Christina Hendricks, Elisa Gabrielli and Aubrey Plaza.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-09/from-up-on-poppy-hill-english-dub-writers-revealed|title=From Up on Poppy Hill's English Dub Writer Revealed|work=Anime News Network|date=September 9, 2012|access-date=September 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912000932/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-09/from-up-on-poppy-hill-english-dub-writers-revealed|archive-date=September 12, 2012|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/poppy-hill-sets-high-profile-voices-1118060314/|title='Poppy Hill' sets high-profile voices|last=McNary|first=Dave|newspaper=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=October 5, 2012}}

The score of From Up on Poppy Hill was composed by Satoshi Takebe. In December 2010, it was announced that singer Aoi Teshima would sing the film's theme song, {{Nihongo|"Summer of Farewells — From Up on Poppy Hill"|「さよならの夏～コクリコ坂から～」|"Sayonara no Natsu ~Kokuriko-zaka kara~"}}.

The 1961 song {{Nihongo|"Ue o Muite Arukō"|「上を向いて歩こう」}}, literally "I Look Up as I Walk" but better known in English-speaking countries as "Sukiyaki" and performed by Kyu Sakamoto, is included in this film as one of its insert songs.{{cite web |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/ghibli/cnt_kokurikozaka_20110426a.htm |script-title=ja:九ちゃん「上を向いて歩こう」が「コクリコ坂から」挿入歌に |date=April 26, 2011 |publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun |access-date=September 29, 2011 |language=ja |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026195537/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/ghibli/cnt_kokurikozaka_20110426a.htm |url-status=live }} The instrumental version of this song was later released in the United States under the title of "Sukiyaki" by musician Kenny Ball. This song was chosen for the film because From Up on Poppy Hill is set in 1963, the year that this song debuted and became a hit in America.

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The soundtrack album was released by Tokuma Japan Communications on July 13, 2011. It contains the film score as well as six insert songs and the theme song.

From Up on Poppy Hill was released in Japanese cinemas on July 16, 2011.{{cite web |url=http://mantan-web.jp/2011/07/20/20110720dog00m200027000c.html |script-title=ja:映画興行成績 ：「ハリー・ポッター」完結編が堂々の初登場首位 2位は「ポケモン」最新2作 |date=July 20, 2011 |publisher=Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co.Ltd |access-date=July 21, 2011 |language=ja |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711143112/http://mantan-web.jp/2011/07/20/20110720dog00m200027000c.html |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=live }} It debuted at third placing in the Japanese box office, behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and the dual-release Pokémon anime film Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram. It managed to gross approximately 587 million yen and attracted around 450,000 viewers. Furthermore, an exhibition, THE ART OF From Up On Poppy Hill was held to coincide with the film's release.{{cite web |url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0033759 |script-title=ja:明日公開！ジブリ『コクリコ坂から』制作の裏側公開へ！原画展開催 |date=July 15, 2011 |publisher=Cinema Today |access-date=September 27, 2011 |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401212521/http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0033759 |archive-date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=live }} This exhibition featured more than 130 art and storyboards used in the making of this film. It was held from July 23 to 28, 2011 in the Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store in Tokyo. The exhibition was later moved to Sogo's Yokohama Branch Store from August 10 to 15, 2011.

The movie was released in France on January 11, 2012, as La Colline aux coquelicots by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures France. It gathered over 287,281 viewers in its four weeks of exhibition[http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-195834/box-office/ French Box office on AlloCiné] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207110149/http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-195834/box-office/ |date=February 7, 2012 }}. Retrieved on January 31, 2012. far more than Tales from Earthsea (in 2007, with 143,641 viewers).

Japanese Blu-Ray release was June 20, 2012.{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E5%AE%AE%E5%B4%8E%E5%90%BE%E6%9C%97/dp/B007JFE21C/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=from+up+on+poppy+hill&qid=1617553907&s=dvd&sr=1-15 |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819075218/https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E5%AE%AE%E5%B4%8E%E5%90%BE%E6%9C%97/dp/B007JFE21C/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=from+up+on+poppy+hill&qid=1617553907&s=dvd&sr=1-15 |url-status=live }}

On August 17, 2011, it was announced that From Up on Poppy Hill would be one of the Japanese films being showcased at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, which was held from September 8 to 18, 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/tiff_list_2011_the_announced_toronto_film_festival_lineup/ |title=TIFF List 2011: The Announced Toronto Film Festival Lineup |date=August 17, 2011 |publisher=indieWIRE |access-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224110000/http://www.indiewire.com/article/tiff_list_2011_the_announced_toronto_film_festival_lineup/ |archive-date=February 24, 2012 |url-status=live }} It was also revealed that the film would be showcased in the "Japan International Premiere" section, which is part of the "Contemporary World Cinema" event in the festival.

The film received a limited theatrical release in North America on March 15, 2013.{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/studio-ghibli-from-up-on-poppy-hill-english-cast// |title=Studio Ghibli "From Up on Poppy Hill" English cast |date=October 5, 2012 |publisher=collider |access-date=March 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125074031/http://collider.com/studio-ghibli-from-up-on-poppy-hill-english-cast/ |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |url-status=live }} An English dub was recorded for this release directed by Gary Rydstrom and produced by The Kennedy/Marshall Company, who oversaw the English dubs for Ponyo and The Secret World of Arrietty. The release was licensed by Studio Ghibli to GKIDS.{{cite web|title=Studio Ghibli's From Up On Poppy Hill Heads to the US in 2013|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=91078|access-date=June 28, 2014|date=June 6, 2012|publisher=ComingSoon.net|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819075244/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/91078-studio-ghiblis-from-up-on-poppy-hill-heads-to-the-us-in-2013|url-status=live}} This marked the first time a Studio Ghibli film was not distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in North America (except in Japan home media) since the 1999 North American release of Princess Mononoke by then-Disney owned Miramax Films.{{cite web|last=Langshaw|first=Mark|title=Studio Ghibli's From Up On Poppy Hill gets Western release date|website=Digital Spy |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a385873/studio-ghiblis-from-up-on-poppy-hill-gets-western-release-date.html|access-date=June 12, 2012|date=June 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502000629/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a385873/studio-ghiblis-from-up-on-poppy-hill-gets-western-release-date.html|archive-date=May 2, 2014|url-status=live}} A Blu-ray edition in North America was released September 3, 2013. On September 23, 2013, a Blu-ray edition was released in the United Kingdom by StudioCanal.{{cite web|url=http://www.studiocanal.co.uk/Film/Details/140a54f1-bb08-48d9-9e4c-a1c000f38137|title=From Up on Poppy Hill Out Now|publisher=Studiocanal|access-date=February 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111126/http://www.studiocanal.co.uk/Film/Details/140a54f1-bb08-48d9-9e4c-a1c000f38137|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}

During the survey period between July 16 and 18, 2011, Bunkatsushin.com reported From Up on Poppy Hill had grossed 587,337,400 yen at the box office, placing third.{{cite web|url=http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0033953?p=2|script-title=ja:『コクリコ坂から』が3位スタート！夏興行の本命『ハリポタ』はトップに登場！【映画週末興行成績】（2/2）|date=July 21, 2011|work=Cinema Today|language=ja|access-date=April 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080547/http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0033953?p=2|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}} During these three days, over 445,000 people watched this film.{{cite web|url=http://eiga.com/ranking/20110719/|title=国内映画ランキング(2011年7月16日～2011年7月17日) - 映画.com|work=Eiga|access-date=April 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416050847/http://eiga.com/ranking/20110719/|archive-date=April 16, 2015|url-status=live}}

In a survey which was done online and on mobile platforms, it was revealed the ratio of female audience to male audience was 57% to 43%. By age, 34.8% of the audience were in their twenties, 18.9% of them were ages between 16 and 19 years old, and people who were aged over 30 made up 32.6% of the audience. This film crossed the 3 billion yen gross mark during the weekend of August 21–22, 2011.{{cite web | script-title = ja:映画興行成績 ：返り咲き「ハリー・ポッター」完結編が首位キープ 2位は「カンフー・パンダ2」 | work = Mainichi Shimbun Digital Co. Ltd | publisher = Mantan Web | date = August 23, 2011 | url = http://mantan-web.jp/2011/08/23/20110823dog00m200006000c.html | access-date = September 13, 2011 | language = ja | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121005175725/http://mantan-web.jp/2011/08/23/20110823dog00m200006000c.html | archive-date = October 5, 2012 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}

From Up on Poppy Hill earned $1,002,895 in North America and $60,456,530 in other territories for a worldwide total of $61,459,425.{{cite web|title=From Up on Poppy Hill on Box Office Mojo|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=fromuponpoppyhill.htm|access-date=July 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513204042/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=fromuponpoppyhill.htm|archive-date=May 13, 2013|url-status=live}} It is the 14th highest-grossing anime film.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm|title=Anime|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=April 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426005340/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=live}} Between Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Ocean Waves, Whisper of the Heart and My Neighbors the Yamadas, From Up on Poppy Hill is the highest grossing Ghibli film about specialising in Japanese local customs, behind The Wind Rises, and its 7th best grossing one in the United States.

In France, the film was well received by the public. It gathered over 287,281 viewers in its four weeks of exhibition far more than Tales from Earthsea (in 2007, with 143,641 viewers).

From Up on Poppy Hill received generally positive reviews from film critics; Rotten Tomatoes sampled 87 reviews and judged 87% of them to be positive with an average rating of 7.2/10, and the consensus: "Gentle and nostalgic, From Up on Poppy Hill is one of Studio Ghibli's sweeter efforts—and if it doesn't push the boundaries of the genre, it remains as engagingly lovely as Ghibli fans have come to expect".{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_up_on_poppy_hill/|title=From Up on Poppy Hill|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Flixster|access-date=January 18, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317171444/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_up_on_poppy_hill/|archive-date=March 17, 2013|url-status=live}} Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score, rated the film 71 out of 100 based on 20 reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-up-on-poppy-hill|title=From Up on Poppy Hill|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=March 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318025948/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/from-up-on-poppy-hill|archive-date=March 18, 2013|url-status=live}}

Mark Schilling of The Japan Times described From Up on Poppy Hill as a "pure-hearted, melodramatic youth film".{{cite web |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20110722s1.html |title=From Up on Poppy Hill (Japan. title: Kokuriko-zaka Kara) |date=July 22, 2011 |publisher=The Japan Times |access-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219030257/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20110722s1.html |archive-date=December 19, 2012 |url-status=live }} The reviewer criticized the story as "predictable" and called the direction "pedestrian". However, he concluded the review by praising the film, saying "a wealth of period detail brings the era to nostalgic/realistic life". Takashi Kondo of The Daily Yomiuri said that it "is filled with many experiences that have been lost in our daily life".{{cite web | url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/T110712004194.htm | title=Set in 1963, 'Kokuriko-zaka' recalls precious memories | publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun | work=The Daily Yomiuri | date=July 15, 2011 | access-date=September 9, 2012 | author=Kondo, Takashi | archive-url=https://archive.today/20110717045329/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/T110712004194.htm | archive-date=July 17, 2011 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }} Kondo also said that "the father-son joint production [of Hayao and Gorō Miyazaki] achieved a wonderful result and [From Up on Poppy Hill] is a work that needs to be seen in this day and age".

A. O. Scott of The New York Times praised From Up on Poppy Hill for its visuals as well as its characterization. Although Scott said that the "specific tragedy that lies in the background may not register with children," he would say that adults are "likely to be charmed by the love story and enchanted by the delicate rendering of a bygone but not entirely forgotten era".{{Cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/movies/from-up-on-poppy-hill-written-by-hayao-miyazaki.html |title='From Up on Poppy Hill', written by Hayao Miyazaki |last=Scott |first=A. O. |work=The New York Times |date=March 14, 2013 |access-date=March 15, 2013 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819075236/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/movies/from-up-on-poppy-hill-written-by-hayao-miyazaki.html |url-status=live }} Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called the film "a time-machine dream of a not-so-distant past, a sweet and honestly sentimental story that also represents a collaboration between the greatest of Japanese animators and his up-and-coming son." Turan also said that Latin Quarter "is "Poppy Hill" at its most fantastical." On the characterizations, Turan stated, "the respect and politeness with which all the characters, even the teenage protagonists, treat one another is a far cry from what can go on in this day and age."{{Cite web|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title='From Up on Poppy Hill' a sweet triumph for Miyazaki duo|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-mar-21-la-et-mn-from-up-on-poppy-hill-review-20130322-story.html|date=March 21, 2013|access-date=December 7, 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218102552/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/21/entertainment/la-et-mn-from-up-on-poppy-hill-review-20130322|archive-date=December 18, 2013|url-status=live}} Scott Tobias of NPR argued that the thematical aspects were too obvious but that "the warm tenor of the film that ultimately rescues it."{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/03/14/174035778/60s-japan-aglow-from-up-on-poppy-hill|title='60s Japan, Aglow 'From Up On Poppy Hill'|publisher=National Public Radio|date=March 14, 2013|accessdate=2022-08-28}}

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