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When a single 27-year-old Tokyo girl visits her relatives in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years: the first immature stirrings of romance, the onset of puberty, and the frustrations of math and boys.
13 August 1961, Aichi, Japan
10 May 1931, Osaka, Japan
5 March 1971, Alliance, Ohio, USA
7 January 1979, Soka, Japan
25 October 1969, New York, USA
3 January 1977, Tokyo, Japan
31 August 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 May 1956, Portland, Oregon, USA
14 April 1963, Takanabe, Japan
24 August 1973, Fort Ord, California, USA
10 April 1977, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
3 August 1972, Columbus, Ohio, USA
22 September 1981, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
20 September 1974, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
20 September 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 February 1973, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
April 06, 2017
Only Yesterday is easily among Studio Ghibli's very best work.March 10, 2016
The animation isn't showy, but it's beautiful, providing clear delineations between Taeko's past and present. The attention to detail is fantastic. But the story is what sets the film apart.February 26, 2016
For those who like their anime unhurried, elegiac, and episodic.May 31, 2016
Calm, reflective, gorgeously uneventful.February 26, 2016
The animation is marked by a simple sort of elegance; the story lucidly and lyrically moves back and forth from 1982 to 1966 ...June 02, 2016
There is real artistry here: it is a must.June 01, 2016
A(nother) animated marvel from one of cinema's unsung maestros.August 02, 2016
Only Yesterday is one of Studio Ghibli's films aimed primarily at female viewers ... an intentional story that is emotionally honest.August 22, 2016
With Studio Ghibli in an indefinite haitus, we must cherish their beloved films, and this is one of the very best.March 11, 2016
Half coming-of-age story, half adult drama, the film demonstrates Takahata's belief that animation need not be limited to children's fantasy.February 25, 2016
The story of a young woman who moves back and forth between childhood memories and the dilemmas of her current life, "Only Yesterday" is a realistic, personal story made universal in a delicate way.