DVD review: From Up On Poppy Hill (PG)

Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth (91 mins)

Friday 20 September 2013 14:09 BST

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It is Yokohama in 1963 and a high school’s dilapidated clubhouse stands at the centre of the latest animation from the Tokyo-based Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Ponyo).

Can the school be saved by students passionate about its cultural heritage - or will the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics, heralding a bright new economic age, bring about its end? Conversely, Japan’s heritage (the legacy of the Korean War) threatens a budding romance between two of the protagonists.

A wistful style and the occasional heart-rending moment - yet it’s all just a little bit too lightweight to truly gratify. Robert Epstein

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DVD review: From Up On Poppy Hill (PG)

Sarah Bolger, Chris Noth (91 mins)

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