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Excuse: These English sentences are temporary translations, not read easily still very much. I want to revision them neatly some day. Thanks.


Basic Data

Original Story Tetsurou Sayama and Chizuru Takahashi
Planning, Storyboards Hayao Miyazaki
scenario Hayao Miyazaki Keiko Niwa
Prpduction Koji Hoshino
Character Design Katsuya Kondo
Supervising Animator Atsushi Yamagata Syunsuke Hirota Kitaro Kosaka Takeshi Inamura Akihiko Yamashita
Art Directors Noboru Yoshida Kamon Oba Yohei Takakatsu Takashi Omori
Music Satoshi Takebe
Theme Song Summer of Goodbye, From Up on Poppy Hill Aoi Teshima
Lyric: Yukiko Marimura
Music: Koiti Sakata
Arrange: Satoshi Takebe
Insert Song "Ue wo Muite Arukou" Kyu Sakamoto
Lyric: Rokusuke Ei
Music: Hachidai Nakamura

"Hatsukoi no Koro" Aoi Teshima
Lyric: Goro Miyazaki¥Hiroko Taniyama
Music: Hiroko Taniyama
Arrange: Satoshi Takebe

"Kon-iro no Umeriga" Aoi Teshima
Original: Kenji Miyazawa
Lyric: Hayao Miyazaki ¥Goro Miyazaki
Music: Hiroko Taniyama
Arrange: Satoshi Takebe

Producer Toshio Suzuki
Director Goro Miyazaki

Production: GNDHDDT Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television (NTV), Dentsu, Hakuhodo DYMP, Disney, Mitsubishi

Released by TOHO

Special Support: KDDI
Special Cooperation: Lawson, Yomiuri Shinbun Newspaper Co.Ltd, Yokohama City

(C)2011 Tetsurou Sayama and Chizuru Takahashi GNDHDDT

Running time: 91 min.

Released in Japan: July 16, 2011








Main Characters

Umi Matsuzaki(Masami Nagasawa )
She is an eldest daughter of Matsuzaki Family. (16)  She is the second grader of Konan-Gakuen High School. She is polishing the housework of boarding house of Kokuriko while looking after the younger sister and younger brother in place of mother who is going to study to the United States. Every morning, her do fly of the UW flag for father who died in Korean War toward Sea.
She is called "Meru" from intimate people though her real name is Umi ("Umi" originates in calling "La Mer" in French).
Shun Kazama(Junichi Okada )
He is the third grader of Konan-Gakuen High School (17). It belongs to the newspaper and the art and literature part, and the editor in chief of "Weekly Quartier Latin" also is serving as him. To continue Quartier Latin that exists in the crisis of the demolition, he acts with student council president Shiro Mizunuma. To protest against the movement of the Quartier Latin demolition, he jumped into the fire prevention water tank from the roof of the third floor.
Hana Matsuzaki(Keiko Takeshita )
She is a grandmother of Umi (61). She is a master of boarding house of Kokuriko. She is watching Umi in place of mother who is going to study abroad.
Miki Hokuto(Yuriko Ishida )
She is a trainee doctor who lodges at boarding house of Kokuriko (25). After it graduates from Department of Medicine of the university, she is an intern. She is an adviser of Umi. She decides finding employment in the hospital, and moves from boarding house of Kokuriko. It is said that her elder sister was Konan-Gakuen High School and was an elder sister and a classmate of Mizunuma.
Sachiko Hirokouji(Rumi Hiiragi )
She is a beauty large life that lodges at boarding house of Kokuriko (21). She is painting in oils in her own room. Her life pattern irregularly depicts the picture in her room until midnight. She is the tallest in characters, and her style is model levels.
Ryoko Matsuzaki(Jun Fubuki )
She is mother of Umi. (38)Her study area is English and American Literature. She is an assistant professor at the university, and it is going to study to the university in the United States now. She was opposed the marriage to Yuichiro Sawamura when it was young, ran, fell, and gave birth to ..Umi.. three children while keeping studying by supporting Yuichiro.
Sora Matsuzaki(Haruka Shiraishi )
She is a younger sister of Umi. (15)She is the first grader of Konan-Gakuen High School. She is a cheerful, cheerful character. She is not helping the housework of boarding house of Kokuriko so much. It fell in love with Mizunuma later though she fell in love with Shun Kazama first.
Riku Matsuzaki(Tsubasa Kobayashi )
He is younger brother of Umi. (13)He is in the second grade of junior high-school. He is the only boy in boarding house of Kokuriko. His appetite is vigorous. He seems not to be so good at help of similar to Sora and housework.
Yuichiro Sawamura(Junichi Okada )
He is an own father of Umi. (deceased)It is requisitioned to the Umi army in about 1943 and he goes to war though he went to the advanced merchant vessel school. He takes Hiroshi Tachibana, Yoshio Onodera, and the photograph who was the best friend at that time. It is demobilized by the end of the war in 1945, and he runs and falls with Ryoko Matsuzaki. His eldest daughter's Umi is born in 1947. His second daughter's Sora is born in 1948. His eldest son's Riku is born in 1950. Korean War broke out in 1950. His ship sank because of Sawacaminari though he started in the transportation duty as a captain of LST. And, he died. When Tachibana who was his friend in 1946 died, Shun who was the child of Tachibana was received. And, the adopted son makes it to the trust of Shun to Akio Kazama who was his shipmate.
Hiroshi Tachibana(Shunsuke Kazama )
He is an own father of Shun Kazama. (deceased)He is synchronization of Yuichiro Sawamura and Yoshio Onodera and best friends in the advanced merchant vessel school. His result is most excellently called "Our general" from Sawamura and Onodera in three people. All relatives of him died by an atomic bomb. Shun who is his son has been born in 1946. However, his wife died when giving birth to Shun. He died in an accident, too. Therefore, Sun is received to Yuisciro and raised to Kazama.
Yoshio Onodera(Takashi Naito )
He is a best friend of Yuichiro Sawamura and Hiroshi Tachibana. His age is unknown. However, his age seems about 40 years old. He is serving as the captain of Koyomaru of the foreign sea route ship now, and the majority of one year are spent in the sea. When he returns home to Japan, it meets Umi and Shun.
Shiro Mizunuma(Shunsuke Kazama )
He is a student council president of Konan-Gakuen High School. (17)It is said that he is the best talented man in the school. And, he is offering the expectation problem of the periodic examination to "Weekly Quartier Latin". The best friend of Shun Kazama he, and to continue Quartier Latin with Shun, it acts. When the governing body of a school decides the demolition of Quartier Latin, he decides to go to the chief director to petition it directly directly.
Akio Kazama(Nao Omori )
He is a foster father of Shun Kazama. He belongs to the ship management association of Yokohama, and is serving as the captain of the tugboat. His son is not and has died between after one's birth. Therefore, he is making Shun an adopted son.
Chairman Tokumaru(Teruyuki Kagawa )
He is a chief director of Konan-Gakuen High School. He is a businessman of the Tokumaru foundation. He takes the zeal of Mizunuma¥Kazama¥Umi that came for the direct appeal for continuing Quartier Latin into consideration, and decides the inspection of Quartier Latin. And, the decision to continue Quartier Latin is done.






Synopsis

In this story, Yokohama in Japan of 1963 is a stage. There was "boarding house of Kokuriko" on the hill in which it looked down at the port. Umi Matsuzaki(16) that lives there is the second grader of Konan-Gakuen High School of local. Mother of Umi is doing in the absence while going to study to the United States. And Umi manage boarding house of Kokuriko, and every day when the residents' meals are assiduously prepared.

Umi raises an ensign every morning. It is "U" "W" flag that means "Pray for the safety of Umi". It is not a translation of hanging aiming at someone. In the childhood..Korean War..transportation..engage..die..father..think..hang out.

There was a boy who was looking up at this flag from Umi. His name is Shun Kazama (17). They are the third graders of Konan-Gakuen High School. It goes to school taking the tugboat that father controls every morning. Did it notice from when, and came do the fly of Shun of the answer flag that put the meaning of the return present in the UW flag of the fly of Umi. Umi did not have no way of finding because it did not see the sea route of the tugboat from the garden of boarding house of Kokuriko though the answer flag was noticed in the resident and the avenue of boarding house of Kokuriko.

One problem had happened in Konan-Gakuen High School in those days. The clubhouse "Quartier Latin" built in old times with the tradition might be demolished. The job action opposed the demolition of Quartier Latin is dared at a certain lunchtime. That is, the fire prevention water tank below jumps down from the rooftop of "Quartier Latin" aiming. It is a performance of the tradition. It is Shun Kazama to jump down. The editor in chief of 'Weekly Quartier Latin' also is serving. The diving succeeds splendidly, and Shun jumps into the fire prevention water tank. Umi that eats the box lunch outside with the friend is surprised at the event that happens in the presence, runs up to Shun, and takes the hand of Shun. It was meeting of Umi and Shun.

There were a younger sister and Sora of the first younger school year in Umi. Sora glancing falls in love with Shun Kazama, and buys a momentary photograph where it dove from the rooftop. It comes alone about elder sister's Umi because it is helpless though "Quartier Latin" is visited to sign this photograph after school. Two people who set foot on "Quartier Latin" for the first time. "boarding house of Kokuriko" that had to be said, "Feminine environment" was a place that had to be called "Man's brothel" that everything opposite is chaotic there.

In the top floor of Quartier Latin, there was Shun. Ghali of 'Weekly Quartier Latin' was cut. Mizunuma of student council president who welcomes it admitting two people. Mizunuma and Shun were best friends. Mizunuma gets out of the room escorting Sora that gets the signature from Shun. Shun and Umi to which two people are left. Work to cut the Ghali version is helped, and Shun advances the print to Umi. The collaborative activity of two people passed quietly.

Shun and Umi gradually shorten the distance after that manner. Some day, has withered as for two people each other.

However, a big problem happens between two people. To tell the truth, two people might have been brother and sister. "It is necessary to do very. "

How does the whereabouts of love of two people become it?
Does "Quartier Latin" escape demolishing?









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