A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
- Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations
Toshirô Yanagiba
- Toshio
- (voice)
Yoko Honna
- Taeko (Child)
- (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
- Tsuneko
- (voice)
- (as Mayumi Iizuka)
Mei Oshitani
- Aiko
- (voice)
Megumi Komine
- Toko
- (voice)
Yukiyo Takizawa
- Rie
- (voice)
Masashi Ishikawa
- Soo
- (voice)
Yuuki Masuda
- Shuji Hirota
- (voice)
Michie Terada
- Mother
- (English version)
- (voice)
Masahiro Ito
- Father
- (voice)
Yorie Yamashita
- Nanako
- (voice)
Yuki Minowa
- Yaeko
- (voice)
Chie Kitagawa
- Grandmother
- (voice)
Sachiko Ishikawa
- Kiyoko
- (voice)
Masako Watanabe
- Naoko
- (voice)
Hirozumi Sato
- Abe
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Walt Disney Company acquired the US distribution rights from Studio Ghibli-Tokuma as part of a more comprehensive rights agreement. Disney decided it would not release Only Yesterday in the US due to references to menstruation in the film. A clause in Studio Ghibli's distribution contract prohibited Disney from altering the scene to remove the references. GKIDS has since acquired the rights from Disney and Ghibli, and released an English dubbed version that was distributed by Universal Pictures, making this the first Studio Ghibli film to be dubbed into English by Universal Pictures.
- ConnectionsFeatured in JesuOtaku Anime Reviews: Only Yesterday (2012)
- SoundtracksCantec de nunta
Written by Gheorghe Zamfir (uncredited)
Performed by Gheorghe Zamfir and Ansamblul Ciocarlia
Courtesy of Electrecord Romania
Featured review
A work of art
This is a very gentle and beautiful film, which could have been done as a 'normal' film with live actors, but it wouldn't have worked one-tenth as well; somehow doing it as an animation allows us to explore the characters much better.
It tells the story of Taeko, a 27 year old Tokyo office worker who goes to spend a few days in the countryside. She is at a stage where she is starting to question her life, and is haunted by memories of her 10th year.
One thing that stands out is that there is no great drama, the pace of the film is almost humdrum, the whole emphasis is on the development of the characters: this of course means that it will not be to everyone's taste.
It tells the story of Taeko, a 27 year old Tokyo office worker who goes to spend a few days in the countryside. She is at a stage where she is starting to question her life, and is haunted by memories of her 10th year.
One thing that stands out is that there is no great drama, the pace of the film is almost humdrum, the whole emphasis is on the development of the characters: this of course means that it will not be to everyone's taste.
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- Ще вчора
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $453,243
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,970
- Jan 3, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $608,562
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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