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74% Critic Match
Only Yesterday
“I'm going on a trip with me.”
7.4 / 10• 1991• 1h 59m•PG• Japanese
AnimationDrama
Storyline
In 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 & Crew
Miki Imai
Taeko Okajima (voice)
Lead
Yoko Honna
Taeko Okajima as a Fifth Grader (voice)
Toshiro Yanagiba
Toshio (voice)
Yorie Yamashita
Nanako Okajima (voice)
YM
Yuki Minowa
Yaeko Okajima (voice)
MI
Masahiro Ito
Taeko's Father (voice)
MT
Michie Terada
Taeko's Mother (voice)
Chie Kitagawa
Taeko's Grandmother (voice)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Isao Takahata's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Only Yesterday is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
