Only Yesterday trailer
AnimeStudio GhibliSummer 1991
- Romance
- Drama
- Slice of Life
Only Yesterday follows Taeko Okajima, a dutiful office worker in a large company in a major city. Taking a sabbatical, she travels to the countryside of Yamagata Prefecture, the hometown of her brother-in-law, where she spends time working the land as a farmer. Her journey stirs memories of her fifth-grade year, and the film moves back and forth between her adult present and her childhood past. Surrounded by warm relatives and villagers, Taeko finds herself reflecting on the paths her life has taken and what she truly wants from it. The story is marked by nostalgia and the beauty of the rural landscape as she weighs her choices.
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