Masami Nagasawa
In 2011, Miyazaki directed "From Up on Poppy Hill", which is based on Chizuru Takahashi and Tetsurō Sayama's 1980 manga "Kokurikozaka kara". The adaptation was written by Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa and the film stars Masami Nagasawa, Keiko Takeshita. Yuriko Ishida, Jun Fubuki, Takashi Naito, Shunsuke Kazama, Nao Omori and Teruyuki Kagawa. Miyazaki also voiced the world history teacher character and wrote lyrics to some of the songs used in the film. "From Up on Poppy Hill" was released on July 16, 2011, in Japan, to positive reviews. The film won the 2012 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.