From Up On Poppy Hill Umi Matsuzaki

Umi matsuzaki is a sixteen year old student attending isogo high school living in coquelicot manor a boarding house overlooking the port of yokohama in japan.

From up on poppy hill umi matsuzaki. From up on poppy hill. Thankfully for the most part from up on poppy hill shines. 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 up on poppy hill is also a look into traditional life in japan.

Umi runs the house and looks after her younger siblings sora and riku and. Umi is looking at shun kazama. From her home on poppy hill overlooking the bay she raises flag signals every morning meaning i pray for safe voyages. From up on poppy hill set in 1963 yokohama japan the film tells the story of umi matsuzaki a high school girl living in a boarding house coquelicot mano.

From up on poppy hill. Photo of umi matsuzaki for fans of from up on poppy hill. Her mother ryoko is a medical professor studying abroad in the united states. The heroine umi matsuzaki voiced by masami nagasawa is a high school girl in yokohama of 1963.

It is also a nostalgic trip as it offers a snapshot of life in a bygone era. The story centers around young umi matsuzaki a junior high girl in the early 1960s who is now in charge of maintaining the family inn while her mother studies abroad in the united states. One day she receives an answer as it turns out from shun kazama junichi okada one class above her. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of world war ii and preparing to host the olympics.