Kokurikozaka kara
Kokurikozaka kara is a Japanese manga series by Tetsurō Sayama and Chizuru Takahashi which was serialized by Kodansha from January to August 1980 in the shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi. The manga was collected in two volumes published under the KC Nakayoshi imprint.
The manga was adapted into a 2011 Studio Ghibli film directed by Gorō Miyazaki, with a script co-written by the director's father, Hayao, and Keiko Niwa, co-author of the scripts for The Borrower Arrietty (2010) and Tales from Earthsea (2006).
Kokuriko is the Japanese spelling of "coquelicot" (French) for corn poppy.
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 will be released by GKIDS in the United States in March 2013.
The manga is set in the late 1970s in Yokohama, Japan. (The Ghibli film is set in 1963) The main character, Umi Komatsuzaki, is a high school girl who has to grow up quickly when her father goes missing.
Umi, a 16-year old girl, lives in Kokuriko (from coquelicot, French for Papaver rhoeas) Manor, a house that overlooks Yokohama harbour. Every morning, Umi raises a set of signal flags with the message "I pray for safe voyages". The identity of the person raising the flags arouses much local interest, and a poem about her is published in a school newspaper. The author of this poem, Shun, always sees this flag from the sea as he rides a tugboat to school.
Umi and Shun first meet when Shun decides to participate in a daredevil stunt for the school newspaper, leaving Umi with a negative first impression of Shun. They meet again when Umi accompanies her younger sister to obtain Shun's autograph at the Quartier Latin, the building housing many of their high school's clubs and societies. Shun is revealed to be a member of the Culture Club, which is responsible for the publication of the school newspaper. Umi winds up joining the club when she learns that they need a new typesetter because Shun has recently injured his hand in a scuffle with a cat.
At Umi's suggestion, many students work hard volunteering to restore the Quartier Latin to its former glory. During the cleanup, Umi gets to know Shun better and starts to develop feelings for him. When Umi shows him a photograph of her father, Shun begins distancing himself from her because he secretly has the same photograph and believes they may be half-siblings. Umi is hurt by Shun's response, though he eventually reveals the shocking fact to her.
After a great deal of effort, the students complete their cleanup of the Quartier Latin, but are disappointed that their efforts may be wasted when Tokumara, a prominent businessman and sponsor of the school, intends to tear down the building to make way for redevelopment. In order to stop the demolition, the students nominate Shun, Umi, and Shirō to go to Tokyo to persuade Tokumara to change his mind. After Tokumura agrees to inspect the Quartier Latin, the group separates before going back to Kokuriko. While Umi and Shun wait for a train together, Umi confesses her love to him. Shun reciprocates her feelings.
When Umi's mother returns from America, Umi learns that she is not biologically related to Shun. Her mother reveals that Umi's father registered Shun as his own child when he put Shun up for adoption after Shun's father had died fighting in the Korean War. Since her mother was pregnant and they could not afford to adopt Shun, Shun was given away to a couple who had just lost their child - Shun's current adopted parents.
Shun, Umi, and Shirō are initially forced to wait a long time before meeting Tokumara in hopes they would give up and leave. Their persistence wins out and Tokumara agrees to visit the Quartier Latin the following afternoon. Impressed by the students' hard work restoring the building, he agrees to abandon his plans for redevelopment.
Meanwhile, Umi and Shun meet Onodera, a ship captain who was familiar with their fathers. He confirms that they are not related by blood and shares the story of Umi and Shun's fathers and his relationship with both of them.
With everything resolved, Umi happily resumes her duty of raising the flags every morning.
The manga was adapted into a 2011 Studio Ghibli film directed by Gorō Miyazaki, with a script co-written by the director's father, Hayao, and Keiko Niwa, co-author of the scripts for The Borrower Arrietty (2010) and Tales from Earthsea (2006).
Kokuriko is the Japanese spelling of "coquelicot" (French) for corn poppy.
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 will be released by GKIDS in the United States in March 2013.
The manga is set in the late 1970s in Yokohama, Japan. (The Ghibli film is set in 1963) The main character, Umi Komatsuzaki, is a high school girl who has to grow up quickly when her father goes missing.
Umi, a 16-year old girl, lives in Kokuriko (from coquelicot, French for Papaver rhoeas) Manor, a house that overlooks Yokohama harbour. Every morning, Umi raises a set of signal flags with the message "I pray for safe voyages". The identity of the person raising the flags arouses much local interest, and a poem about her is published in a school newspaper. The author of this poem, Shun, always sees this flag from the sea as he rides a tugboat to school.
Umi and Shun first meet when Shun decides to participate in a daredevil stunt for the school newspaper, leaving Umi with a negative first impression of Shun. They meet again when Umi accompanies her younger sister to obtain Shun's autograph at the Quartier Latin, the building housing many of their high school's clubs and societies. Shun is revealed to be a member of the Culture Club, which is responsible for the publication of the school newspaper. Umi winds up joining the club when she learns that they need a new typesetter because Shun has recently injured his hand in a scuffle with a cat.
At Umi's suggestion, many students work hard volunteering to restore the Quartier Latin to its former glory. During the cleanup, Umi gets to know Shun better and starts to develop feelings for him. When Umi shows him a photograph of her father, Shun begins distancing himself from her because he secretly has the same photograph and believes they may be half-siblings. Umi is hurt by Shun's response, though he eventually reveals the shocking fact to her.
After a great deal of effort, the students complete their cleanup of the Quartier Latin, but are disappointed that their efforts may be wasted when Tokumara, a prominent businessman and sponsor of the school, intends to tear down the building to make way for redevelopment. In order to stop the demolition, the students nominate Shun, Umi, and Shirō to go to Tokyo to persuade Tokumara to change his mind. After Tokumura agrees to inspect the Quartier Latin, the group separates before going back to Kokuriko. While Umi and Shun wait for a train together, Umi confesses her love to him. Shun reciprocates her feelings.
When Umi's mother returns from America, Umi learns that she is not biologically related to Shun. Her mother reveals that Umi's father registered Shun as his own child when he put Shun up for adoption after Shun's father had died fighting in the Korean War. Since her mother was pregnant and they could not afford to adopt Shun, Shun was given away to a couple who had just lost their child - Shun's current adopted parents.
Shun, Umi, and Shirō are initially forced to wait a long time before meeting Tokumara in hopes they would give up and leave. Their persistence wins out and Tokumara agrees to visit the Quartier Latin the following afternoon. Impressed by the students' hard work restoring the building, he agrees to abandon his plans for redevelopment.
Meanwhile, Umi and Shun meet Onodera, a ship captain who was familiar with their fathers. He confirms that they are not related by blood and shares the story of Umi and Shun's fathers and his relationship with both of them.
With everything resolved, Umi happily resumes her duty of raising the flags every morning.