Rent Only Yesterday (1991)
3.9 of 5 from 136 ratings
1h 59min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Realising that she is at a crossroads in her life, bored twenty-something office worker Taeko heads for the countryside. The trip dredges up forgotten memories, the first stirrings of childish romance, puberty and growing up. the frustrations of maths and boys. In lyrical switches between the present and the past. Taeko wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
- Actors:
- Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Youko Honna, Mayumi Izuka, Mei Oshitani, Megumi Komine, Yukiyo Takizawa, Masashi Ishikawa, Yuuki Masuda, Michie Terada, Masahiro Ito, Yorie Yamashita, Yuki Minowa, Chie Kitagawa, Koji Goto, Sachiko Ishikawa, Masako Watanabe, Hirozumi Sato, Daisy Ridley, Dev Patel
- Directors:
- Isao Takahata
- Producers:
- Yasuyoshi Tokuma
- Voiced By:
- Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Youko Honna, Ava Acres, Laura Bailey, Jaden Betts, Gia Colon-Thielmann, Ashley Eckstein, Alison Fernandez, Mayumi Izuka, Masahiro Ito, Chie Kitagawa, Yoshimasa Kondô, Yuuki Masuda, Yuki Minowa, Sumalee Montano, Dev Patel, Daisy Ridley, Tara Sands, Tara Strong
- Writers:
- Hotaru Okamoto, Yuuko Tone
- Aka:
- Omohide poro poro
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/08/2016
- Run Time:
- 119 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo, Japanese LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Feature Lenght Storyboards
- The Making of 'Only Yesterday'
- Behind the Scenes with the Voice Cast
- Interview with the English Dub Team
- Trailers
- TV Spots
More like Only Yesterday
Found in these customers lists
178 films by wintertrees
281 films by wj90
Reviews (1) of Only Yesterday
BEAUTIFUL STUDIO GHIBLI LOST CLASSIC - Only Yesterday review by GF
This Studio Ghibli lost gem was first released in 1991 but only made it to DVD in the West last year, for some inexplicable reason.
It nevertheless soared into made the Rotten Tomatoes top twenty movies of the year and deservedly so.
It tells the story of a 21 year old woman on a farming holiday in the Japanese countryside where she evaluates her life and future, through a series of flashbacks to her life as a ten year old girl growing up in Tokyo with her parents, grandmother and three elder sisters, scenes which make up the majority of the film.
The only person who seems to understand her in the present, is a young organic farmer, with whom she is staying for a few weeks. Although some of the anime graphic technology now seems a little dated, this is a warm hearted and enchanting film all the more welcome for its belated arrival in the West.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.