Only Yesterday
I'm going on a trip with me.
AnimationDramaRomancecountrysidecountry lifemarriagefolk musicflashbackschoolbased on mangaanimereflective
A tender, introspective meditation on identity and lost dreams, told through lyrical flashbacks as a woman journeys through the countryside and confronts her younger self.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Miki Imai
Taeko Okajima (voice)
Yoko Honna
Taeko Okajima as a 5-Year-Old (voice)
Toshiro Yanagiba
Toshio (voice)
Yorie Yamashita
Nanako Okajima (voice)
Yuki Minowa
Yaeko Okajima (voice)
Masahiro Ito
Taeko's Father (voice)
Michie Terada
Taeko's Mother (voice)
Chie Kitagawa
Taeko's Grandmother (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
Tsuneko Tani (voice)
Yuuki Masuda
Hirota (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Torahige (voice)
Yoshimasa Kondo
Homeroom Teacher (voice)
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