Only Yesterday
Omohide poro poro
Japan
1991
118 Min
Color
1.85:1
German, Hungarian, Japanese
Synopsis
Realizing 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. Beautifully evoking both the 1960s and 1980s, Only Yesterday is a double period piece, and the quintessential drama of Japanese schoolday nostalgia. —Optimum
Director
Isao Takahata
Isao Takahata (born October 29, 1935) is one of the most famous directors of anime, or Japanese animated films.
Born in Ujiyamada (now Ise), Mie prefecture, Japan, he is a long-term colleague of Miyazaki Hayao and co-head at Studio Ghibli. His four animated films at Studio Ghibli have spanned a remarkable range of genres: war-film (Grave of the Fireflies), romantic drama (Only Yesterday), comedy (My Neighbors the Yamadas) and ecological adventure (Pom-Poko). Of these Grave of the Fireflies, in particular, is widely considered among the greatest animated films ever made.
Graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1959, Takahata joined the newly-created Toei Douga animation company where a short time later he met Miyazaki, and also directed his first feature film Horus: Prince of the Sun. Ostracized within the company after the financial failure of the film (despite its artistic success), he and Miyazaki left in order to work together, and collaborated on many other films… read more
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Pierre
11Apr13
A chronicle of the universal pangs of youth; a love letter to the humble farmer; a celebration of the long, winding road to one's spiritual roots—there isnt one frame of this quietly affecting gem that isn't touched with humanist warmth. Add to that some unforgettable uses of musical interlude, which even pulls from traditional Hungarian & Italian folk (That sunrise scene!) and, at times, it's near transcendent.
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Earthbound
17Aug12
This, Ocean Waves, Pom Poko, My Neighbors the Yamadas, Grave of the Fireflies I have yet to see.
Obient
17Jan12
I love Takahata-san films. Realist & humanist, especially "Only Yesterday". This film is for adult. This is about issues for people aged 25-30, career and marriage. "Omohide Poro Poro", memories tumbling down. Beautiful film and scoring music.
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Ghibli in the real world
By Michael Harbour on May 13, 2012
In contrast to other Ghibli films which usually have extremely detailed animation whereas “Only Yesterday” often has empty or washed out backgrounds and colors which fade and lose detail toward the… read review
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