Only Yesterday
When a single 27-year-old Tokyo girl visits her relatives in the countryside, and as the train travels through the night, memories flood back of her younger years: the first immature stirrings of romance, the onset of puberty, and the frustrations of math and boys.
12 September 1979
13 May 1956, Portland, Oregon, USA
12 February 1973, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
23 April 1990, Harrow, London, England, UK
7 January 1979, Soka, Japan
13 August 1961, Aichi, Japan
25 October 1969, New York, USA
5 March 1971, Alliance, Ohio, USA
April 06, 2017
Only Yesterday is easily among Studio Ghibli's very best work.
August 02, 2016
Only Yesterday is one of Studio Ghibli's films aimed primarily at female viewers ... an intentional story that is emotionally honest.
March 10, 2016
The animation isn't showy, but it's beautiful, providing clear delineations between Taeko's past and present. The attention to detail is fantastic. But the story is what sets the film apart.
June 01, 2016
A(nother) animated marvel from one of cinema's unsung maestros.
February 26, 2016
The animation is marked by a simple sort of elegance; the story lucidly and lyrically moves back and forth from 1982 to 1966 ...
March 11, 2016
Half coming-of-age story, half adult drama, the film demonstrates Takahata's belief that animation need not be limited to children's fantasy.
February 25, 2016
The story of a young woman who moves back and forth between childhood memories and the dilemmas of her current life, "Only Yesterday" is a realistic, personal story made universal in a delicate way.
February 26, 2016
For those who like their anime unhurried, elegiac, and episodic.
August 22, 2016
With Studio Ghibli in an indefinite haitus, we must cherish their beloved films, and this is one of the very best.
May 31, 2016
Calm, reflective, gorgeously uneventful.
June 02, 2016
There is real artistry here: it is a must.

