Only Yesterday (1991 film)
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| Japanese | おもひでぽろぽろ |
| Hepburn | Omoide Poro Poro |
| Directed by | Isao Takahata |
| Produced by | Toshio Suzuki |
| Written by | Isao Takahata |
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Omoide Poro Poro by Hotaru Okamoto Yuko Tone |
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| Music by | Katz Hoshi |
| Cinematography | Hisao Shiraishi |
| Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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118 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Only Yesterday (Japanese: おもひでぽろぽろ Hepburn: Omoide Poro Poro?, "Memories Come Tumbling Down") is a 1991 Japanese animated drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, based on the manga of the same title by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone.Toshio Suzuki produced the film and Studio Ghibli provided the animation. It was released on July 20, 1991. The ending theme song "Ai wa Hana, Kimi wa sono Tane" (愛は花、君はその種子, "Love is a flower, you are its seed") is a Japanese translation of Amanda McBroom's composition "The Rose".
Only Yesterday explores a genre traditionally thought to be outside the realm of animated subjects: a realistic drama written for adults, particularly women. The film was a surprise box office success, attracting a large adult audience of all genders and becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film of the year in the country. It was also well received by critics, with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
In 1982, Taeko is 27 years old, unmarried, has lived her whole life in Tokyo and now works at a company there. She decides to take another trip to visit the family of the elder brother of her brother-in-law in the rural countryside to help with the safflower harvest and get away from city life. While traveling at night on a sleeper train to Yamagata, she begins to recall memories of herself as a schoolgirl in 1966, and her intense desire to go on holiday like her classmates, all of whom have family outside of the big city.
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