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Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday

1991 · 119 min · JA · PG · 7.4 (1,308 votes)
Dir. Isao Takahata · Starring Miki Imai, Yoko Honna, Toshiro Yanagiba, Yorie Yamashita, Yuki Minowa, Masahiro Ito · Music Katsu Hoshi

“I'm going on a trip with me.”

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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.

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This film offers a tender, nostalgic journey through memory and self-reflection. It's a gentle, bittersweet contemplation of childhood dreams meeting adult realities, wrapped in a beautiful pastoral aesthetic. A quiet, melancholic ode to finding oneself amidst life's gentle flow.

reflectivenostalgicgentlemelancholicbittersweetslow-burnStudio Ghibli aestheticpastoralnon-linear narrativehand-drawn animationnostalgiaself-discoveryrural escapeidentitymemory
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countrysidecountry lifemarriagefolk musicromancecoming of ageflashbackslice of lifeschoolbased on mangafamilynostalgicanimereflectivemoving forward
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