Only Yesterday

(1991)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 1,289 votes

Genres: Animation, Drama, Romance

Year: 1991

Runtime: 118 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Исао Такахата

Cast: 今井美樹, Ёко Хонна, Тосиро Янагиба, Йориэ Ямасита, 三野輪 有紀, 伊藤正博, 寺田路恵, 北川智繪, Маюми Идзука, Юки Масуда

Plot

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.

Having lived her whole life in the city, 27-year-old Taeko decides to visit her relatives in the countryside. As she travels, memories of her youth resurface, and after meeting young farmer Toshio, she wonders if she's been true to the dreams of her childhood self. From Academy Award®-nominated* director Isao Takahata and General Producer Hayao Miyazaki, Only Yesterday is a masterpiece of time and tone, rich with humor and stirring emotion, and beautifully animated by Studio Ghibli, one of the world's most revered animation studios.