Umi spends her days in the port city of Yokohama raising signal flags to send coded messages across the bay. Her poetic messages catch the attention of Shun, a bold classmate working as a newspaper editor. As they work together to save their school clubhouse from being lost to the changing era, their connection grows. This struggle to preserve a piece of tradition forces them to confront hidden truths about their shared history and the shifting landscape of the 1960s.
Movie
From Up on Poppy Hill
95 min · 2011