(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "FROM UP POPPY HILL") MASAMI NAGASAWA: (as Umi) In some places, you can tell what time of year it is by which flowers are in bloom. In Yokahama, it's which boats you see ...

From Up on Poppy Hill features many of the trademarks that make a classic Studio Ghibli movie. It follows a strong female lead, explores what it means to be human while also depicting love and ...

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 ...

“From Up on Poppy Hill,” conceived by the Miyazakis (Hayao, the legendary master, and his son, Goro, who now directs), is an ambitious film, set in 1964 during the run up to the Tokyo ...

FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (PG). Kids who love animation and are ... Spousal abuse is discussed. The movie includes brief, non-lethal violence. JURASSIC PARK 3D. Twenty years later, director Steven ...

"From Up on Poppy Hill," opening in U.S. movie theaters on Friday, is set in Japan in 1963 and focuses on a high school romance threatened by a secret. Goro Miyazaki talked to Reuters recently ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "FROM UP POPPY HILL") MASAMI NAGASAWA: (as Umi) In some places, you can tell what time of year it is by which flowers are in bloom. In Yokahama, it's which boats you see ...

“From Up on Poppy Hill” is frankly stunning ... but, surprising for a movie as genteel as this one, a very real-world obstacle is thrust in the path of their relationship.

Heartwarming, hand-drawn and heady, "From Up on Poppy Hill" marks the first collaboration between Japan's reigning overlord of animé, Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away"), and his son, Goro ...