From Up on Poppy Hill (コクリコ坂から) is a 2011 Japanese animated drama film. Created by Studio Ghibli, it is directed by Gorō Miyazaki with the screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa and character design by Katsuya Kondō.
The film is based on the serialised Japanese comic of the same name drawn by Chizuru Takahashi and written by Tetsurō Sayama. It was released by Toho in Japan on July 16, 2011, becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film of the year, and was released by GKIDS in the United States in March 2013.
English Voice Cast
- Umi - Sarah Bolger
- Sora - Isabelle Fuhrman
- Shun - Anton Yelchin
- Saori - Christina Hendricks
- Miki - Gillian Anderson
- Riku - Raymond Ochoa, Alex Wolff
- Sachiko - Aubrey Plaza
- Akio - Chris Noth
- Gen - Jeff Dunham
- Nobuko - Emily Osment
- Mizunuma - Charlie Saxton
- Philosophy Club President - Ron Howard
- Fish Seller - Jake Steinfeld
- Ryoko - Jamie Lee Curtis
- Mr. Tokumaru's Assistant - Emily Bridges
- Mr. Tokumaru - Beau Bridges
- Onodera - Bruce Dern
Additional Voice Actors
- Stephen Apostolina
- Kirk Baily
- Robert Clotworthy
- David Cowgill
- Holly Dorff Long
- Moosie Drier
- Eddie Frierson
- Elisa Gabrielli
- Jackie Gonneau
- Bridget Hoffman
- Richard Horvitz
- Hope Levy
- Edie Mirman
- Warren Sroka
- John C. Storey
- Byron Thames
- Madeleine Elizabeth Whittle
- David Zyler
- And Ronan Farrow
- Tye Nielsen
- Hunter Rogers