Jul 20, 1991
119 min
Full-HD

Only Yesterday (1991)

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.

Category

Animation Drama Romance

Country

Japan

Companies

Studio Ghibli Tokuma Shoten Nippon Television Network Corporation Hakuhodo

Miki Imai

Taeko Okajima (voice)

Toshiro Yanagiba

Toshio (voice)

Yoko Honna

Taeko (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Tsuneko Tani (voice)

Masahiro Itou

Father (voice)

Chie Kitagawa

Taeko's Grandmother (voice)

Yuuki Masuda

Hirota (voice)

Yuki Minowa

Yaeko (voice)

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