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Only Yesterday

I'm going on a trip with me.

7.4/ 1019911h 59mPG

AnimationDrama

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.

Directed by Isao Takahata

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Miki Imai

Miki Imai

Taeko Okajima (voice)

Yoko Honna

Yoko Honna

Taeko Okajima as a Fifth Grader (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)