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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

Country

Japan

Companies

Studio Ghibli Tokuma Shoten Nippon Television Network Corporation Hakuhodo

Miki Imai

Taeko Okajima (voice)

Yoko Honna

Taeko Okajima as a Fifth Grader (voice)

Toshiro Yanagiba

Toshio (voice)

Yorie Yamashita

Nanako Okajima (voice)

Yuki Minowa

Yaeko Okajima (voice)

Masahiro Ito

Taeko's Father (voice)

Michie Terada

Taeko's Mother (voice)

Chie Kitagawa

Taeko's Grandmother (voice)

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