Omohide poro poro (1991)
Director:
Isao Takahata
Actors:
Taeko
Toshio
Taeko (Child)
Taeko’s Mother
Taeko’s Father
Rating:
(42’762 votes)
(42’762 votes)
Quotes:
« Hirota: Rainy days, cloudy days, sunny days… which do you like?
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« Taeko: …cloudy days.
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« Hirota: Oh, then we're alike.
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« Taeko: I didn't intend for ten-year-old me to come on this trip. But somehow, once she showed up, she wouldn't leave me alone.
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« Taeko: Ever since I was little, I just pretend to be nice. Nothing's changed.
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Trailer:
Only Yesterday
Runtime:119 minutes
Plots:
A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
Having lived her whole life in the city, 27-year-old Taeko decides to visit her relatives in the countryside. As she travels, memories of her youth resurface, and after meeting young farmer Toshio, she wonders if she’s been true to the dreams of her childhood self. From Academy Award®-nominated* director Isao Takahata and General Producer Hayao Miyazaki, Only Yesterday is a masterpiece of time and tone, rich with humor and stirring emotion, and beautifully animated by Studio Ghibli, one of the world’s most revered animation studios.
Tokyo, 1982. With fond memories of her unclouded youth etched on her mind, Taeko Okajima, a single 27-year-old white-collar worker, embarks on a sentimental journey to the lush Japanese countryside. But as Taeko helps her elder sister with the safflower harvest, she gradually reconnects with nature. As a result, a flurry of cherished recollections emerges. Little by little, the romantic visitor pieces together her carefree childhood, questioning her life choices–pivotal decisions that shaped Taeko’s identity.
