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Only Yesterday
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1991 Japanese animated film directed by Isao Takahata
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*Only Yesterday* is a 1991 Japanese drama and romance film directed by Isao Takahata. Produced by Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation, and Hakuhodo, the movie has a runtime of 118 to 119 minutes. It was released on July 20, 1991, with a subsequent release date of February 26, 2016. The film’s tagline is "I'm going on a trip with Me."
The work has received various review scores, including 8.4/10, 90/100, 100%, and 7.6/10. On TMDb, it holds a vote average of 7.393 based on 1,253 votes, while Jikan lists a score of 7.45 from 85,805 users. The film generated revenue of 473,110. Its official website is hosted on the Ghibli domain.
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Film · TMDB
7.4In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Cast
- Miki Imai as Taeko Okajima (voice)
- Yoko Honna as Taeko Okajima as a 5-Year-Old (voice)
- Toshiro Yanagiba as Toshio (voice)
- Yorie Yamashita as Nanako Okajima (voice)
- Yuki Minowa as Yaeko Okajima (voice)
- Masahiro Ito as Taeko's Father (voice)
Themes
- countryside
- country life
- marriage
- folk music
- flashback
- school
- based on manga
- anime
- reflective
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Anime · MyAnimeList

Only Yesterday
- Score
- 7.45/10 (85,805 votes)
- Rank
- #2364
- Popularity
- #1656
- Type
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studios
- Studio Ghibli
Taeko Okajima is a 27-year-old, independent woman who spent her entire life in Tokyo. Looking to unwind from the rush of the big city, she decides to visit her family in the country to help out during the harvest. On the train there, Taeko vividly recalls her memories as a schoo…
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Key facts
- Kanji
- おもひでぽろぽろ
- Revised hepburn
- Omoide Poro Poro
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Screenwriter
- Isao Takahata
- Production company
- Studio Ghibli
- Narrative location
- Mount Zaō
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 235776
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.ghibli.jp/works/omoide
Show 10 more facts
- distributed by
- Netflix
- publication date
- 2016-02-26
- name in kana
- おもひでぽろぽろ
- film editor
- Takeshi Seyama
- Commons category
- Only Yesterday
- title
- おもひでぽろぽろ
- executive producer
- Hayao Miyazaki
- fabrication method
- traditional animation
- review score
- 7.6/10
- form of creative work
- feature film
Sources (12)
via Wikidata · CC0
~24 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Directed byIsao Takahata Screenplay byIsao Takahata Based onOmoide Poro Poro by Hotaru Okamoto Yuko Tone
Produced byToshio Suzuki Starring Miki Imai
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Only Yesterday” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.