Kokuriko-zaka kara (Uppe på Vallmokullen, 2011)

Universal Sony Pictures Nordic Home Entertainment Blu-ray edition - region B

 

Up on a hill in a provincial coastal town Umi lives with her big family and every
morning she signals to passing boats and ships. Something she has learnt
from her father who died in the Korean war.
Umi is a student and the year is 1963 and Japan will be the host of the 1964
Olympic games.

Umi Matsuzaka and Shun Kazama are both highschool students in the Konan
Highschool and they fall in love, but may be siblings. A mystery they have to
solve. They and the other students wants to keep their beloved Club House
(student house?) from being demolished.
Finally Umi and Shun goes to Tokyo (1963 Tokyo was nicely animated) to
meet the School Chief as representatives of the students of the Konan School
and begs him to not tear down their House.

Film in widescreen 1.85:1 with Japanese audio DTS-HD MA 5.1 and PCM
stereo and swedish subtitles. Region B.
Trailers. Hayao Miyazaki wrote the script and Satoshi Takebe made the ST

 

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