Movie
Only Yesterday
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-07-20
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Hakuhodo
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
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)
- Michie Terada as Taeko's Mother (voice)
- Chie Kitagawa as Taeko's Grandmother (voice)
- Mayumi Izuka as Tsuneko Tani (voice)
- Yuuki Masuda as Hirota (voice)
- Ichiro Nagai as Torahige (voice)
- Yoshimasa Kondo as Homeroom Teacher (voice)
Crew
- Isao Takahata - Director
- Isao Takahata - Screenplay
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