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Only Yesterday (movie)

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Alternative title:
Los Recuerdos no se Olvidan (Spanish)
Omohide Poro Poro (Japanese)
Powrót do marzeń (Polish)
Tränen der Erinnerung (German)
おもひでぽろぽろ (Japanese)
兒時的點點滴滴 (Chinese (Taiwan))
歲月的童話 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
Plot Summary: Taeko Okajima is a typical "office lady" in a big company in a big city. When she takes a sabbatical to the countryside in Yamagata Prefecture, the hometown of her brother-in-law, the journey recalled her memory of her 5th grade year. During her stay in Yamagata, she works hard and happily as a farmer and is surrounded by friendly relatives and villagers, bringing up more memories. Their hospitality makes her to reconsider her choice of life.
User Ratings: 574 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 96 votes (sub:85, dub:5, Ger.sub:2, Ita.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, raw:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 142 votes (sub:126, dub:12, raw:2, Ger.dub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 145 votes (sub:125, dub:12, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Good: 105 votes (sub:91, dub:3, Spa.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, ?:1, Spa.dub:1, Pol.edit.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Decent: 39 votes (sub:32, dub:3, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 18 votes (sub:14, dub:2, raw:2)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:7, Fre.sub:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 12 votes (sub:11, Spa.sub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 828 users, rank: #761
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.904 (Very good-.09), std. dev.: 1.7638, rank: #584
Weighted mean: 7.838 (Very good-.16), rank: #536 (seen all: 7.84 / seen some: 6.76)
Bayesian estimate: 7.833 (Very good-.16), rank: #336
Running time: 118 minutes
Vintage: 1991-06-27
Premiere date:
1991-07-20 (Japan)
Releases: We have 7
Ending Theme:
"Ai wa Hana, Kimi wa Sono Tane (愛は花、君はその種子; Love Is a Flower, You Are the Seed)" by Harumi Miyako
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 1
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Isao Takahata
Screenplay: Isao Takahata
Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Momose
Original Manga:
Hotaru Okamoto (story)
Yuuko Tone (art)
Character Design: Yoshifumi Kondô
Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Background Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Director of Photography: Hisao Shiraishi
Executive producer: Hayao Miyazaki
Art Assistant: Katsu Hisamura
Assistant Director: Norihiko Sudo
Character Color Design: Michiyo Yasuda
Ink & Paint:
Chiyomi Morisawa (Studio Killy)
Eiko Fukuma (IM Studio)
Fumiko Ito (Trace Studio M)
Fumiko Watanabe (Trace Studio M)
Hiromi Takatani (Kyoto Animation)
Hisayo Fujiwara (IM Studio)
Ikuyo Kimura
Izumi Maeno (Trace Studio M)
Junko Mizuno (Studio Killy)
Junko Yoshikawa
Katsuo Negishi (IM Studio)
Keiko Goto (Studio Killy)
Keiko Suzuki (Domusha)
Mariko Konuma (IM Studio)
Mayumi Watanabe (Studio Killy)
Michiko Ota (Studio Killy)
Michiko Shibata (IM Studio)
Michiyo Iseda (IM Studio)
Mihoko Eda (Kyoto Animation)
Mika Tanifugi (Trace Studio M)
Minako Oshiro
Naomi Ikegaya (IM Studio)
Naomi Takahashi (Studio Killy)
Nobuko Watanabe (Studio Killy)
Noriko Ogawa
Reiko Godai (Trace Studio M)
Takako Sakai (Trace Studio M)
Teruyo Tateyama
Yasuko Furuhashi (Domusha)
Yasuko Suenaga (IM Studio)
Yoko Tanida (IM Studio)
Yukari Tajima (IM Studio)
Yuki Hisada
Yukiko Itou (Trace Studio M)
Yuriko Katayama
Production Committee:
Akira Kaneko (Tokuma Shoten)
Atsushi Miura (Tokuma Shoten)
Hiromi Hoshino (Tokuma Shoten)
Hiroshi Morie (Hakuhodo)
Hiroyuki Kato (Tokuma Shoten)
Kazuo Watanabe (Hakuhodo)
Michio Yokoo (Tokuma Shoten)
Minoru Tadokoro (Tokuma Shoten)
Nobuko Suzuki (Hakuhodo)
Seiji Okuda (NTV)
Takeo Mutai (NTV)
Unkou Tanaka (Hakuhodo)
Yasuharu Urushido (NTV)
Yasuhiro Nousei (NTV)
Yuuko Zaizen (NTV)
Production Desk: Toshiyuki Kawabata
Production manager: Nozomu Takahashi
Sound Effects: Michihiro Ito
Sound Mixing: Shuji Inoue
Sound Recording: Naoko Asari
Theme Song Arrangement: Masaru Hoshi (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Amanda McBroom (ED, originally "The Rose")
Theme Song Lyrics: Isao Takahata (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Harumi Miyako (ED)
Visual Design: Yoshiyuki Momose
 
Miki Imai as Taeko Okajima (adult)
Youko Honna as Taeko Okajima (5th grade)

Masahiro Itou as Taeko's Father
Michie Terada as Taeko's Mother
Yorie Yamashita as Nanako Okajima

Chie Kitagawa as Taeko's Grandmother
Hirozumi Satoh as Abe-kun
Kouji Gotou as Kazuo
Mayumi Iizuka as Tsuneko Tani (debut)
Mei Oshitani as Aiko
Shin Itou as Baccha
Takako Sendou as Toshio's Mother
Yoshihiro Furubayashi as Train station employee
Yuuki Masuda as Hirota
Yuuki Minowa as Yaeko

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Studio Ghibli
Backgrounds: Studio Fuga
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Music Production: Tokuma Japan
Photography: Studio Cosmos
Production Studio: Studio Ghibli
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
Technical Cooperation:
MURAO
Stac
English companies 
English staff 
(none)
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Optimum Releasing (UK)
Internet Streaming: The Anime Network
English cast 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 
Angela Wiederhut as Taeko Okajima
Dirk Meyer as Student
Lara Wurmer as Taeko Okajima [Kind]
Luna Ragheb as Aiko
Melina Borcherding as Tsuneko Tani
Ruth Küllenberg as Taekos Großmutter
Susanne von Medvey as Taekos Mutter
Thomas Rauscher as Taekos Vater
German companies 
Annouced: Universum-Films

Polish staff 
(none)
Polish companies 
Distributor: Monolith Films
Polish cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff 
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Hong Kong) cast 
(none)
 
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