Only Yesterday
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- This page is about the Japanese film. For the American book see Only Yesterday. "Only Yesterday" is also the title of a 1975 hit song by The Carpenters.
is a film by critically acclaimed director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) and produced by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the manga of the same title by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone. It was released on July 20, 1991. The ending theme song is a Japanese translation "" of Amanda McBroom's composition "The Rose".This film is very significant among progressive anime films in that it takes a genre that has been traditionally thought to be outside the realm of what should be animated, in this case a realistic daily life drama.
In spite of breaking away from animation and anime traditions, it was a surprise box office success attracting the josei audience the film was primarily aimed at.
Storyline
Taeko is 27, unmarried, has lived her whole life in Tokyo and now works at a company there. She decides to take a trip to a relative of her elder sister-in-law's in the country to help with the safflower harvest and get away from city life. While traveling at night on a train to Yamagata, she remembers how in fifth grade she had dreamed of going on vacation to a small village. During her vacation she finds herself looking back at her time as a fifth grader in 1966. Things get complicated when her relatives notice that she is getting along nicely with Kazuo's second cousin-in-law, Toshio. The film flips back and forth between the two time periods with nostalgia and beautiful country scenery as Taeko sorts out her flashbacks and tries to make some tough decisions about her future.Characters
- Taeko Okajima (タエ子) - Miki Imai
- Toshio (トシオ) - Toshiro Yanagiba
- Taeko (as 5th grade student) - Yoko Honna
- Mother of Taeko - Michie Terada
- Father of Taeko - Masahiro Ito
- Grandmother of Taeko - Chie Kitagawa
- Yaeko Okajima - Yuki Minowa
- Nanako Okajima - Yorie Yamashita
Notes
The story takes place within the Takase district of Yamagata, Yamagata. The Takase Station of the Senzan Line is featured prominently; Though it has since been rebuilt, the scenery remains mostly unchanged. During the course of the film, characters visit prominent locales, including Mount Zao.In the U.S., the cable channel Turner Classic Movies aired Only Yesterday on Thursday, January 26, 2006 (in the original Japanese with English subtitles) as part of its month-long salute to Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.
After the Howl's Moving Castle Premier in 2005, Pixar/Disney executives stated that "Only Yesterday" had been "shelved indefinitely". The film's discussion of periods may be the reason. Many fans however petition for a DVD release in the United States. As of July 2006, it has now been released in Germany (under the English title of Only Yesterday) by Universum Film and a UK release date has been set for of the 4th of September, 2006 by Optimum Releasing.
External links
- [Only Yesterday// Nausicaa.net] - a richly detailed fan site with reviews, commentary, and links to scripts and song lyrics
- [Only Yesterday] - TCM Overview
| Studio Ghibli Films |
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| Pre Ghibli Films |
| (1968) • Puss 'n Boots (1969) • Flying Ghost Ship (1969) • Animal Treasure Island (1971) • Alibaba and the 40 Thieves (1971) • Yuki's Sun (1972) • Panda Go Panda (1972–1973) • Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (1977) • Chie the Brat (1981) • Gauche the Cellist (1982) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) |
| Ghibli Films |
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Castle in the Sky (1986) •
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987) •
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) •
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) •
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) •
Only Yesterday (1991) •
Porco Rosso (1992) •
Ocean Waves (1993) •
Pom Poko (1994) •
Whisper of the Heart (1995) •
Princess Mononoke (1997) •
My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) •
Spirited Away (2001) •
The Cat Returns (2002) •
Howl's Moving Castle (2004) •
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
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| Studio Ghibli Shorts |
| The Sky-Colored Seed (1992) • Nandarou (1992) • On Your Mark (1995) • Ghiblies (2000) • Ghiblies Episode II (2002) • Mei and the Kittenbus (2003) • Koro's Big Day Out (2003) • The Whale Hunt (2003) • The Invention of Destruction in the Imaginary Machines (2004) • Imaginary Flying Machines (2004) • (2004) • The Day I Harvested a Star (2006) • House-hunting (2006) • Monmon the Water Spider (2006) • The Night of Taneyamagahara (2006) |
| See also... |
| Masashi Andō • Hideaki Anno • Ghibli Museum • Mamoru Hosoda • Megumi Kagawa • Kazuo Komatsubara • Katsuya Kondō • Yoshifumi Kondō • Yoichi Kotabe • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Yoshiyuki Momose • Tomomi Mochizuki • Yasuji Mori • Hiroyuki Morita • Mamoru Oshii • Shinji Otsuka • Yasuo Ōtsuka • Toshio Suzuki • Isao Takahata • Kazuo Oga • Tsukasa Tannai • |
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