Only Yesterday (1991)
Only Yesterday (1991)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Miki Imai
Taeko Okajima (voice)
Miki Imai
Taeko
Toshiro Yanagiba
Toshio (voice)
Yoko Honna
Taeko (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
Tsuneko Tani (voice)
Masahiro Itou
Father (voice)
Chie Kitagawa
Taeko's Grandmother (voice)
Mei Oshitani
Aiko
Yuuki Masuda
Hirota (voice)
Yuki Minowa
Yaeko (voice)
Michie Terada
Mother (voice)
Yorie Yamashita
Nanako (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Torahige (voice)
Yoshimasa Kondo
Homeroom Teacher (voice)
Issey Takahashi
Classmate (voice)
Takeshi Seyama
Editor
Hayao Miyazaki
Executive Producer
Katsu Hoshi
Original Music Composer
Isao Takahata
Director / Screenplay
Hotaru Okamoto
Comic Book
Geoffrey Wexler
Producer
Yukiyoshi Hane
Key Animation
Noriko Moritomo
Key Animation
Natsuyo Yasuda
Key Animation
Naoki Kaneko
Editor
Tomoko Kida
Editor
Kuniyuki Ishii
Key Animation
Kenichi Yoshida
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Dawn Hershey
CastingDirector
Megumi Kagawa
Key Animation
Shinji Morohashi
Key Animation
Mitsuo Iso
Key Animation
Masako Shinohara
Key Animation
Shinji Otsuka
Key Animation
Sachiko Sugino
Key Animation
Masaaki Endou
Key Animation
Mahiro Maeda
Key Animation
Osamu Tanabe
Key Animation
Makiko Futaki
Key Animation
Junko Ikeda
Key Animation
Masahiro Neriki
Key Animation
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Key Animation
Atsuko Otani
Key Animation
Hiroshi Shimizu
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Momose
Storyboard Artist
Shinya Ohira
Key Animation
Yoshiharu Sato
Animation Director
Kazuo Oga
Art Direction
Nozomu Takahashi
Production Manager
Yoshifumi Kondo
Animation Director
Katsuya Kondo
Animation Director
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Producer
Takahisa Ishino
Sound Effects
Akihiro Ishigami
Sound Effects
Katsumi Ishida
Sound Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 20, 1991
Original Nameおもひでぽろぽろ
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Box Office$473,110
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Only Yesterday (Japanese: おもひでぽろぽろ, Hepburn: Omohide Poro Poro, lit. 'Memories Come Tumbling Down') is a 1991 Japanese animated drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, based on the 1982 manga Omoide Poro Poro by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone. Produced by Toshio Suzuki, it was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo, and distributed by Toho. The film follows a twenty seven year-old Taeko Okajima as she takes a holiday with her relatives in the country, during the course of her trip she reminisces about her life when she was ten. The ending theme song "Ai wa Hana, Kimi wa sono Tane" (愛は花、君はその種子, "Love is a flower, you are the seed") is a Japanese translation of Amanda McBroom's composition "The Rose".
The film was released on July 20, 1991. A surprise box office success, it attracted a large adult audience and became the highest-grossing Japanese film of 1991 in the country. It has also been well received by critics outside of Japan—maintaining a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. To celebrate the film's 25th anniversary, GKIDS released the film for the first time in an English-language format on February 26, 2016, featuring the voices of Daisy Ridley, Dev Patel, Alison Fernandez, Laura Bailey and Ashley Eckstein. A stage musical based on the film toured Japan in 2011, and a 2021 live-action sequel follows a 64-year-old Taeko with her daughter and granddaughter.