Modernity, Anachronism and Postwar Malaise - Nausicaäst #21 From Up On Poppy Hill
Channel: Nyard
Date: 2021-08-19

"From Up On Poppy Hill" analysis & discussion podcast.

Welcome to our 21st podcast on the films by Studio Ghibli. An interesting and messy ride into the politics and cultural transformation of 60s Japan: From Up On Poppy Hill, directed by Goro Miyazaki. Join us as we explore the ongoing career of Hayao Miyazaki's son. Your hosts today are: Nyard, PlatonSkull and TheThunderer

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Sources:

Articles:

- Ghibli Fandom Wiki Entry: https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/From_Up_on_Poppy_Hill
- JP language interview with the original manga author: https://flying-fantasy-garden.blogspot.com/2016/08/blog-post_12.html
- Reuters - Miyazaki father and son team up for "From Up on Poppy Hill" film: https://cn.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-poppyhill-miyazaki-idINBRE92D11V20130315
- Film4 - Goro Miyazaki on From Up On Poppy Hill: https://medium.com/@Film4/goro-miyazaki-on-from-up-on-poppy-hill-e94acd1f88f1
- NYTimes - Grounding a Romance in Memories: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/movies/studio-ghiblis-from-up-on-poppy-hill.html
- GIZMODO - Pessimistic Optimism: Goro Miyazaki on His Post-Nuclear Romance, From Up On Poppy Hill: https://gizmodo.com/pessimistic-optimism-goro-miyazaki-on-his-post-nuclear-453752467

Video:

- Materials featured on the German Bluray version of the film, including a press conference and an interview with Goro Miyazaki
- NHK Documentary, Part3: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3004593/ 
- STEVEM - Son of Miyazaki (A Gorō Miyazaki Retrospective): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srx3aBcodok

Paper:

- Abel, Jessamyn R. - "Japan's Sporting Diplomacy: The 1964 Tokyo Olympiad" - https://www.jstor.org/stable/23240822
- Gluck, Carol - "The Past in the Present" appears in: Gordon, Andrew (Ed.) - "Postwar Japan as History"
- Yang, Danqing - "Living Soldiers, Re-lived Memories? Japanese Veterans and Postwar Testimony of War Atrocities" appears in: Jaeger, S.M. and Mitter, Rana (Eds.) - "Reputured Histories - War, Memory, and the post-cold war in Asia"
- Seraphim, Franziska - "War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945-2005"
- Igarashi, Yoshikuni - "Bodies of Memory: Narratives of War in Postwar Japanese Culture, 1945-1970"