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Only Yesterday (1991)

PG ★ 7.4/10 119 min Animation, Drama, Romance Japan Japanese
Director: Isao Takahata
Comic Books: Hotaru Okamoto, Yuko Tone
Screenplay by: Isao Takahata
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Description

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.

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Top Cast

Miki Imai
Miki Imai Taeko Okajima (voice)
Yoko Honna
Yoko Honna Taeko Okajima as a 5-Year-Old (voice)
Toshiro Yanagiba
Toshiro Yanagiba Toshio (voice)
Yorie Yamashita
Yorie Yamashita Nanako Okajima (voice)
Yuki Minowa Yaeko Okajima (voice)
Masahiro Ito Taeko's Father (voice)
Michie Terada Taeko's Mother (voice)
Chie Kitagawa
Chie Kitagawa Taeko's Grandmother (voice)

Only Yesterday Appears on 5 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #377
Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli #06

Critic Curated

Paste Magazine The 100 Best Anime Movies
Paste Magazine #25

Filmmaker Curation

Bill Hader's Favorite Movies
Collider #157

Genre Curation

100 Essential Animations
British Film Institute #37

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