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Only Yesterday (movie)

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Alternative title:
Los Recuerdos no se Olvidan (Spanish)
Memórias de Ontem (Portuguese)
Omohide Poro Poro (Japanese)
Pioggia di ricordi (Italian)
Powrót do marzeń (Polish)
Recuerdos del ayer (Spanish)
Souvenirs Goutte à Goutte (French)
Tränen der Erinnerung (German)
Ещё вчера (Russian)
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))
Objectionable content: Mild
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: 1033 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 148 votes (sub:128, dub:9, raw:1, others:10
2 German subtitled
2 Spanish edited dub
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Excellent: 232 votes (sub:193, dub:29, raw:2, ?:1, others:7
2 German dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 278 votes (sub:230, dub:26, raw:2, ?:1, others:19
5 Spanish subtitled
3 German dubbed
3 Italian subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Mandarin dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Thai language dubbed
)
 Good: 192 votes (sub:153, dub:19, ?:1, raw:1, others:18
8 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Polish edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 75 votes (sub:61, dub:7, raw:2, others:5
2 German dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 58 votes (sub:46, dub:7, raw:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Mandarin edited dub
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 20 votes (sub:17, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Awful: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1506 users, rank: #821 (of 10089)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.755 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.7746, rank: #1179 (of 10249)
Weighted mean: 7.711 (Very good−), rank: #1176 (of 10249) (seen all: 7.72 / seen some: 7.36 / won't finish: 5.09)
Bayesian estimate: 7.708 (Very good−), rank: #888 (of 7724)
Running time: 118 minutes
Vintage:
1991-06-27
2013-12-18 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Premiere date:
1991-07-20 (Japan)
2005-01-27 (USA, Special TCM TV airing)
Release dates: We have 5
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 5
Trivia: We have 13
Review:
Only Yesterday (Dub) (Feb 24, 2016)
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Only Yesterday - [UK] (Blu-ray + DVD) 2016-08-15 (from $26.07)
    Only Yesterday [AU] (Blu-ray) 2016-09-07
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    Only Yesterday (BD+DVD) 2016-07-05 (from $14.68)
    Only Yesterday (BD+DVD) 2022-06-07 (from $16.58)
    Only Yesterday [SteelBook] (BD+DVD) 2022-04-19
DVD (Region 1)
    Only Yesterday (DVD) 2016-07-05 (from $11.79)
DVD (Region 2)
    Only Yesterday (DVD) 2016-08-15 (from $36.31)
    Only Yesterday (Sub.DVD) 2006-09-04 (from $36.00)
DVD (Region 4)
    Only Yesterday (DVD) 2016-09-07
    Only Yesterday (Sub.DVD) 2006-10-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Isao Takahata
Screenplay: Isao Takahata
Storyboard: Yoshiyuki Momose
Music: Masaru Hoshi
Original Manga:
Hotaru Okamoto (story)
Yuuko Tone (art)
Character Design: Yoshifumi Kondō
Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Animation Director:
Katsuya Kondō
Yoshifumi Kondō
Yoshiharu Satō
Director of Photography: Hisao Shiraishi
Executive producer: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer:
Tōru Hara
Toshio Suzuki

Advertising Producer: Masaya Tokuyama
Animation Check:
Hitomi Tateno
Rie Nakagome
Yasuko Tachiki
Art Assistant: Katsu Hisamura
Assistant Director: Norihiko Sudo
Assistant Sound Engineer: Makoto Sumiya
Assistant Unit Director:
Kazuya Murata
Masahito Yamamoto
Background Art:
Akira Yamakawa
Katsufumi Hariu (Studio Fuga)
Kazuo Nagai (Studio Fuga)
Kiyomi Ōta
Kyōko Naganawa
Naoko Sakimoto
Naoya Tanaka
Nizo Yamamoto
Satoshi Kuroda (Studio Fuga)
Yōji Takeshige
Character Color Design: Michiyo Yasuda
Chief Executive Producer:
Ritsuo Isobe
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Yoshio Sasaki
Cooperation:
Arihiro Fujimura (Sanimu)
Goichi Endo
Hisao Hoshi
Hisashi Inoue
Ichiro Inoue
Joji Yamamoto
Kazuhiro Matsunomoto
Kazuo Kumakura (Theatre Echo)
Kazuo Okuyama
Kosaburo Kaiya
Ryoichi Kikuchi
Ryuichi Ninomiya
Seiichirō Uno
Takao Suzuki
Takuya Takahashi
Tomiyo Togashi
Toshiyuki Suzuki
Yōji Kuri
Yoshimasa Hayasaka
Yukihiro Arai
Dialect Direction: Yoko Shibata
Dolby Stereo Consultant: Mikio Mori
Editing:
Naoki Kaneko
Takeshi Seyama
Tomoko Kida
Yasutaka Mouri
Finish Check:
Ikuyo Kimura
Noriko Ogawa
Teruyo Tateyama
Yuki Hisada
Yuriko Katayama
Harmony Process: Noriko Takaya
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Teshima
Atsuko Matsushita
Eimi Koori
Emiko Iwayanagi
Eriko Shibata
Etsuko Ishiwari
Hanako Yanagikawa
Hideki Itō
Hiroko Tezuka
Hiromi Namioka
Hiroyuki Inoue
Hisako Matsuda
Katsutoshi Nakamura
Kazuko Shibata
Kazumi Okabe
Kazutaka Ozaki
Ken'ichi Rokusha
Kenichi Konishi
Kenichi Yamada
Kenichi Yoshida
Kiyoko Makita
Koichi Asano
Kouji Shinozaki
Kumi Horii
Kumiko Ōta
Masahiko Adachi
Masanori Komatsu
Masashi Andō
Masaya Saitō
Masayuki Shibuya
Mayumi Ōmura
Nobuko Sato
Reiko Mano
Rie Aratome
Rie Fujimura
Ritsuko Shiina
Sadami Maemura
Seiko Higashi
Shinsaku Sasaki
Sumie Nishido
Takao Maki
Takehiro Noda
Tsuyoshi Konakawa
Yoko Kida
Yōko Nagashima
Yukari Yamaura
Yukiko Okada
Yumiko Kitajima
Ink & Paint:
Chiyomi Morisawa (Studio Killy)
Eiko Fukuma (IM Studio)
Fumiko Itō (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 Watabe (Studio Killy)
Michiko Ota (Studio Killy)
Michiko Shibata (IM Studio)
Michiyo Iseda (IM Studio)
Mihoko Eda (Kyoto Animation)
Mika Tanifuji (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 Itō (Trace Studio M)
Yuriko Katayama
Insert Song Composition: Yukihiro Takahashi ("Rydeen")
Insert Song Performance:
Arihiro Fujimura ("Kokekokko no Uta")
Chieko Baisho ("Sayonara wa Dance no Ato ni")
Harumi Miyako ("Suki ni Natta Hito")
Hitoshi Ueki ("Damatte Ore ni Tsuite Koi")
Kazuo Kumakura ("Poor Boy")
Sachiko Nishida ("Tokyo Blues")
The Wild Ones ("Omoide no Nagisa")
YMO ("Raideen")
Yōko Maekawa ("Hyokkori Hyoutan-jima")
Key Animation:
Atsuko Ōtani
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Hiroshi Shimizu
Junko Ikeda
Kenichi Yoshida
Kuniyuki Ishii
Mahiro Maeda
Makiko Futaki
Masaaki Endō
Masahiro Neriki
Masako Shinohara
Megumi Kagawa
Mitsuo Iso
Natsuyo Yasuda
Noriko Moritomo
Osamu Tanabe
Sachiko Sugino
Shinji Morohashi
Shinji Ōtsuka
Shinya Ōhira
Toshiyuki Inoue
Yukiyoshi Hane
Music Production: Yoshihiro Oikawa
Photography:
Hiroshi Itō
Hiroshi Noguchi
Katsuji Suzuki
Katsunori Maehara
Kazumi Iketani
Mitsuko Nanba
Motoaki Ikegami
Naohisa Haijima
Noriko Suzuki
Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos)
Tetsuo Ōfuji
Tetsuya Anjo
Yōichi Kuroda
Planning:
Hideo Ogata
Shigeharu Shiba
Tatsumi Yamashita
Production Advancement:
Hiroshi Kawanishi
Kōji Aritomi
Tomoaki Nishigiri
Tomoki Horaguchi
Yuichi Niida
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
Recording Production: Kei Mayama
Sound Effects:
Akihiro Ishigami
Katsumi Ishida
Kazuhiko Ikai
Michihiro Itō
Motoi Watanabe
Takahisa Ishino
Toshiaki Abe
Sound Mixing: Shūji Inoue
Sound Recording: Naoko Asari
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
Theme Song Arrangement: Masaru Hoshi (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Amanda McBroom (ED, originally "The Rose")
Katsu Hoshi (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics: Isao Takahata (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Harumi Miyako (ED)
Titles:
Akira Michikawa
Kaoru Mano
Visual Design: Yoshiyuki Momose
Miki Imai as Taeko Okajima (adult)
Toshirō Yanagiba as Toshio
Yōko 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
Kōji Gotō as Kazuo
Masako Watanabe as Naoko
Masashi Ishikawa as Suu
Mayumi Iizuka as Tsuneko Tani (debut)
Megumi Komine as Toko
Mei Oshitani as Aiko
Sachiko Ishikawa as Kiyoko
Shin Itō as Baccha
Takako Sendou as Toshio's Mother
Yoshihiro Furubayashi as Train station employee
Yūki Masuda as Hirota
Yukiyo Takizawa as Rie
Yuuki Minowa as Yaeko

Issei Takahashi
Yoshimasa Kondo
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Screenplay: David Freedman
Translation:
Aya Futami
Ian MacDougall
Jim Hubbert (as James Hubbert)
Kennedy Taylor
Nao Amisaki
Steve Alpert

Post-Production Supervision: James Lafferty
Producer.: Geoffrey Wexler
Production manager: Laura Lopez
Re-Recording Mixing: Mark Ettel
Recording Assistant: Caitlyn Massey
Recording engineer:
David Barr
Eric Lewis
Suzanne Goldish
Scratch Assembly: John Sutherland
Talent Coordination:
Anna Alverio
Sierra Leoni
Voice Direction: Jamie Simone
Alison Fernandez as Taeko Okajima (5th grade)
Daisy Ridley as Taeko Okajima (adult)
Dev Patel as Toshio

Grey Griffin as Taeko's Mother
Laura Bailey as Nanako Okajima
Matt King as Taeko's Father (as Matthew Yang King)

Ashley Eckstein as Yaeko Okajima
Ava Acres as Toko
Gianella Thielmann as Shuji Hirota
Hope Levy as Tsuneko Tani
Jaden Betts as Suzuki
Madeleine Rose Yen as Mai
Matt King as Kazuo (as Matthew Yang King)
Mona Marshall as Taeko's Grandmother
Nika Futterman as Granny
Stephanie Sheh as Aiko
Sumalee Montano as Kiyoko
Tara Strong as Naoko

Alex Cazares
Cherami Leigh
Genesis Ochoa
Jacob Guenther
Kirk Thornton
Kyle Arem
Tara Sands
Yuri Lowenthal
English companies
Broadcaster: Turner Classic Movies
Distributor:
GKIDS (USA)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Optimum Releasing (UK)
Shout! Factory (North America; 2022)
Universal Studios (USA)
Internet Streaming:
HBO Max (USA)
Netflix (Worldwide, excl. USA and Japan)
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
GKIDS (2016)
StudioCanal
Recording Studio: STUDIOPOLIS, Inc.
Subtitles:
Aura
Nippon Cine Arts
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Jin-Eung Im as Toshio
Seon-Hui Mun as Taeko Okajima (5th grade; adult)

Mun-Ja Choi as Taeko's Mother
Ok-Ju Jeong as Nanako Okajima

Su-Gyeong O as Yaeko
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
Ludivine Deworst as Taeko Okajima
Matilda Acquisto as Taeko Okajima enfant
Pierre Le Bec as Toshio

Célia Torrens as Mère de Taeko
Franck Daquin as Père de Taeko
Sandrine Henry as Nanako Okajima

Audrey Devos as Yaeko
Clarisse de Vinck as Naoko
Marie Du Bled as Naoko
Monique Clémont as Mami
Noa Lecot as Tsuneko Tani
Patrizia Berti as Kiyoko

Olivier Cuvelier
French companies
Dubbing: VSI Group
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director: Alfonso Laguna (Spain dub; Netflix)
Translation: María Ferrer (Spain dub; Aurum)
ADR Script: Alfonso Laguna (Spain dub; Netflix)
Executive producer: Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment)
Álvaro Ramos Toajas as Toshio (Spain dub; Netflix)
Azucena Martinez as Taeko Okajima
Carmen Podio as Taeko Okajima (Spain dub; Aurum)
Héctor Rocha as Toshio
Inés Blázquez as Taeko Okajima (Spain dub; Netflix)
Ricardo Escobar as Toshio (Spain dub; Aurum)

Carlos Becerril as Taeko's father
María Blanco as Nanako Okajima (Spain dub; Netflix)
María del Mar Jorcano as Taeko's Mother (Spain dub; Aurum; Spain dub; Netflix)
Marisol Castro as Nanako Okajima
Patricia Mainou as Taeko's mother
Víctor Martínez as Taeko's Father (Spain dub; Aurum)
Yolanda Mateos as Nanako Okajima (Spain dub; Aurum)

Adrián Viador as Shuji Hirota (Spain dub; Aurum)
Betzabe Jara as Naoko
Blanca Hualde as Yaeko Okajima (Spain dub; Netflix)
Carlos Becerril as Narration
Carmen Cervantes as Tsuneko Tani (Spain dub; Netflix)
Celia Ballester as Taeko's Grandmother (Spain dub; Aurum)
Celia de Diego as Rie (Spain dub; Aurum)
Christine Byrd as Yaeko Okajima
Clemen Larumbe as Taeko's grandmother
Darío Jiménez as University Student (Spain dub; Netflix)
Desiree Sandoval as Rie
Emilio Treviño as Shuji Hirota
Gabriel Ortiz as Suzuki
Inés Blázquez as
Naoko (Spain dub; Aurum)
Oma (Spain dub; Aurum)
María Blanco as Tsuneko Tani (Spain dub; Aurum)
Marisol Castro as Oma
Mayte Torres as Kiyoko (Spain dub; Aurum)
Milagros Fernández as Toko (Spain dub; Aurum)
Mildred Barrera as Tsuneko Tani
Miriam Valencia as Aiko (Spain dub; Aurum)
Nacho Aramburu as Kazuo (Spain dub; Aurum)
Patricia Mainou as
Nurse
Peasant
Teacher
Pilar Gentil as Toshio's Mother (Spain dub; Aurum)
Sara Polo as Yaeko Okajima (Spain dub; Aurum)
Sara Vivas as
Abe (Spain dub; Aurum)
Suzuki (Spain dub; Aurum)
Xochitl Ugarte as Aiko

Blanca Rada (Spain dub; Aurum)
Carlos Bautista (Spain dub; Netflix)
Carlos Larios (Spain dub; Netflix)
Carmen Cervantes (Spain dub; Aurum)
Elena Palacios (Spain dub; Aurum)
Emilio Bianchi (Spain dub; Netflix)
Fer Delgado (Spain dub; Netflix)
Fernando Serna (Spain dub; Netflix)
Isabel Abengoza (Spain dub; Netflix)
Jaime Company (Spain dub; Netflix)
Jara Luna (Spain dub; Netflix)
Javier Balas (Spain dub; Aurum)
Jon Samaniego (Spain dub; Netflix)
Mamen Serrano (Spain dub; Netflix)
Milagros Fernández (Spain dub; Aurum)
Miriam Valencia (Spain dub; Aurum; Spain dub; Netflix)
Patricia Rada (Spain dub; Netflix)
Rocío Garralda (Spain dub; Netflix)
Rocío Torralba (Spain dub; Netflix)
Sandra Jara (Spain dub; Aurum)
Víctor Álvarez Comendeiro (Spain dub; Netflix)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America)
Canal Encuentro (subtitled)
Canal MAX (Latin America)
Canal UCR
Cinema + (Colombia)
HBO (Latin America)
HBO Latin America
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Dubbing Studio:
Sonygraf (Spain dub; Netflix)
Soundub (Spain dub; Aurum)
DVD Distribution: Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Internet Streaming:
Netflix
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Licensed by:
Aurum Producciones (Spain)
Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Translation: Elisa Nardoni

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Dubbing Assistant: Antonella Bartolomei
Dubbing Sound: Fabrizio Salustri
Sound Mixing: Andrea Pochini
Synchronization: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Chiara Fabiano as Taeko Okajima (giovane)
Domitilla D'Amico as Taeko Okajima
Gianfranco Miranda as Toshio

Antonio Palumbo as Padre di Taeko
Arturo Valli as Abe
Barbara De Bortoli as Nanako
Graziella Polesinanti as Nonna di Taeko
Lucrezia Marricchi as Yaeko
Luna Iansante as Tsuneko Tani
Riccardo Suarez as Hirota
Roberta Pellini as Madre di Taeko
Sergio Lucchetti as Kazuo

Agnese Marteddu as Toko
Alessandra Chiari as Kiyoko
Chiara Meloni as Aiko
Daniele De Ambrosis as Tonomura
Doriana Chierici as Nonnetta
Emanuela Ionica as Naoko
Gianluca Solombrino as Don Gabacho
Laura Cosenza as Kid
Lavinia Lozi as Kobayashi
Leonardo Della Bianca as Capoclasse
Luca De Ambrosis as Nakayama
Ludovico Versino as Maestro
Mattia Fabiano as Suzuki
Nicola Braile as Principale
Patrizia Bracaglia as Maestra
Raffaele Carpentieri as Studente
Silvio Anselmo as Anziano
Stefano Alessandroni as Shinbara Jirou
Vittoria Bartolomei as Rie

Arianna Vignoli
Chiara Oliviero
Edoardo Benedetti
Fabio Benedetti
Francesca Putzulu
Francesco Aimone
Giulia Lozi
Giulia Tesei
Giulio Bartolomei
Ilaria Maggi
Jessica Consalvi
Luca Tesei
Lucrezia Roma
Luigi Scribani
Michela Meli
Rachele Specchio
Sara Labidi
Sara Liberatori
Valerio Monforte
Italian companies
Distributor: Lucky Red
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
German staff
German cast
(none)
Angela Wiederhut as Taeko Okajima
Dirk Meyer as Student
Geraldine Haacke as Toko
Lara Wurmer as Taeko Okajima [Kind]
Luna Ragheb as Aiko
Melina Borcherding as Tsuneko Tani
Patrick Schröder as Toshio
Ruth Küllenberg as Taekos Großmutter
Susanne von Medvey as Taekos Mutter
Thomas Rauscher as Taekos Vater
German companies
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor: Monolith Films
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Polish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Distributor: Deltamac Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) staff
Chinese (Hong Kong) companies
(none)
Chinese (Hong Kong) cast
(none)

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