
Only Yesterday
I'm going on a trip with Me.
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.
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $473,110
Who's in it
Cast
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13 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Only Yesterday actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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Box Office & Release
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- Worldwide gross
- $473,110
- Release date
- Jul 20, 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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