Only Yesterday

"I'm going on a trip with me."

1991 1h 59m JA

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★7.4TMDB · 1,305🍅100%Rotten Tomatoes●90Metacritic★7.6IMDB · 41,804

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Synopsis

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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.

“I'm going on a trip with me.”

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Cast

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)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Isao Takahata
Writers: Isao Takahata, Yoshiyuki Momose, Hotaru Okamoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Isao Takahata, shot by Hisao Shirai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Katsu Hoshi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Naoki Kaneko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Miki Imai and Yoko Honna and Toshiro Yanagiba carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "I'm going on a trip with me.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0102587 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Isao Takahata directs. Hisao Shirai behind the camera. Katsu Hoshi scores. Naoki Kaneko cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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135 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Isao Takahata, shot by Hisao Shirai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Katsu Hoshi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Naoki Kaneko shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Miki Imai and Yoko Honna and Toshiro Yanagiba carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "I'm going on a trip with me.".
7IMDB entry: tt0102587 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 15 themes, including "countryside", "country life", "marriage", "folk music".
9Released under 14 different titles around the world.