A movie about remembering the past we uphold to and looking at the future with hope.

If there was anything in anime that would represent love at first sight is this story by Goro Miyazaki.

When I feel that any movie is good, I always love watching it another time and reading and knowing everything about it. This anime is one of the finest I have encountered yet, unfortunately it does not have the same level of appreciation to this moment of my life like Wisper of the Heart did, and that is why I lowered the rating.

Although this anime is great in delivering a similar suspence and feeling of confusion, and void like weathering heights's novel it never looses the grip towards a better future, and a prospect where love can flourish from a common loss.
The wines of the plot in this anime are intricate and are rooted in their family history, and the friendship that goes beyond death. Meaningful, and beautiful scenes are accompanied with a feeling of wanting to see more and desire to expand your horizons. A desire to return, and uphold values cherished in the past, the soundtrack by Satoshi Takebe is one of the best between all the anime movies I have seen so far. Within the many Japanese songs in this movie there is Sayonara No Natsu, a thoughtful, and mindful song that leave you an impression that rises your energy in a better future than the one brought by the novel of Emily Brontë.

This motion picture is after all a great story about the past, and the future after a sorrow, and traumatic war which had all our ancestors taken aback.

In conclusion I would consider rewatching this beautiful masterpiece as there are many scenic, and beautiful moments. The most memorable scenes though remain two the collaboration between the students of the college to restructure the racked club site, and the flags our main character Umi Matzsuzaki continues to risen every morning in memory of her beloved father.

The two scenes are what symbolises the most Japanese values, that for me are also what attracts me the most to watch those old anime.
If there was a quote in this movie that I would like to share in this review is: "Destroy the old and you destroy our memory of the past. Don't you care about the people who lived and died before us? There is no future for the people who worship the future and forget the past." - Found at: https://www.thyquotes.com/from-up-on-poppy-hill/.

This at the end is what this story represents being positive about the future, but also remembering and cherishing our past, and through that cherishing the lives of the people who died for the beauty this world has to offers us today.

At the end thank you for reading my review,
Lorenzo Tano Scarafia